NHER 7569 (Structure record) - Medieval stone cross

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Summary

The remains of a standing stone cross, about 1.5m high, consisting of a plain shaft with a broken top and no base. The cross, together with another at NHER 7568, is thought to relate to a battle fought in 1381 during the Peasants' Revolt, and to have been later moved and used as a parish boundary marker.

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Location

Map sheet TG22NE
Civil Parish NORTH WALSHAM, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

September 1978. Visit.
Cross. Schedule (S1), (S2) and (S3) note it lying in hedge and say it was moved from the adjacent field. In fact it now stands upright. About 1.5m high, plain shaft with top broken and traces of tenon hole; no base. Now stands at the junction of three parish boundaries; if (as legend says) it was one of three memorials on the battlefield, marking either its boundaries or the graves of the dead, it was probably later moved as a parish marker.
E. Rose (NAU), 21 September 1978.

  • --- Designation: [unknown]. Ancient Monuments Form. SAM Record. DNF371.
  • --- Designation: Corbishley, M.J.. 1983. AM107.
  • --- Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Medieval. Walsham (North).
  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • --- Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TG 22 NE 1 [2].
  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • <S1> Designation: English Heritage. 1990-2013. English Heritage Scheduling Notification. Notification. DNF385.
  • <S2> Designation: English Heritage. 1994? -2011?. English Heritage Digital Designation Record. Record. DNF385.
  • <S3> Article in Serial: Cozens-Hardy B. 1934. Norfolk Crosses. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XXV Pt II pp 297-336. pp 327-328.

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Record last edited

Sep 29 2025 9:31AM

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