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Submitted by Anne T on Tuesday, 13 August 2019 Page Views: 1846
Early Medieval (Dark Age)Site Name: Askrigg CrossCountry: England
NOTE: This site is 2.1 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Yorkshire (North) Type: Ancient Cross
Nearest Town: Leyburn Nearest Village: Askrigg
Map Ref: SD9480591026
Latitude: 54.314797N Longitude: 2.081357W
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
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Anne T visited on 8th Aug 2019 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 5 Askrigg Market Cross and Water Pump: It was dusk by the time we arrived back in Askrigg, and just as I started to take photographs, a large Tesco ‘click and collect’ van pulled up right next to the cross. Typical. With all the cars parked around what must have been the old village green, it wasn't a brilliant spot to linger.
This old market cross is recorded as Pastscape Monument No. 596113 and Historic England List ID 1131188, which simply say that the cross was picked up from the 1856 OS map.
Just across the road there is an old water pump, recorded as Historic England List ID 1301601, located at SD 94812 91033, but not mentioned in Pastscape.
Historic England cites a reference: "Hartley & Ingilby, "Yorkshire Village (1979)", page 148, which tells us: "In the autumn of 1830 the old cross was pulled down, and the following spring a new one, the present cross, was built by Leonard Heseltine, an Askrigg mason, who received about £21 2s 5d. Numerous persons were paid for taking away stones, 'raising the pillar' … in 1849 the same mason erected a substantial pump in a handsome stone case. Although later the pump was discarded for a time, it was replaced and still stands in the marketplace".
Whilst the shaft of this market cross is therefore 'modern', the steps upon which it sits appear much older. The entry in British Listed Buildings tells us: "(There is a) base of 6 octagonal steps. (The shaft) replaces an older cross, the market charter having been granted in 1587". So, presumably the steps date from the 16th century.
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