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poliphilo ([personal profile] poliphilo) wrote2015-12-15 09:12 am
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More Crosses

Talking about market crosses and preaching crosses (I think the terms are interchangeable)...

...these two are in the market square at Sandbach, Cheshire (or West Mercia as it then was) They're 9th century or something like that...





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[identity profile] puddleshark.livejournal.com 2015-12-15 01:17 pm (UTC)(link)
Wonderful!

The carving is still so distinct.

[identity profile] poliphilo.livejournal.com 2015-12-15 04:01 pm (UTC)(link)
It's amazing how well it's survived.

[identity profile] cmcmck.livejournal.com 2015-12-15 01:27 pm (UTC)(link)
I was going to say those are old, but you beat me to it!

[identity profile] poliphilo.livejournal.com 2015-12-15 04:02 pm (UTC)(link)
There's old and then there's very old....

[identity profile] pondhopper.livejournal.com 2015-12-15 03:16 pm (UTC)(link)
Very old and very wonderful!

[identity profile] poliphilo.livejournal.com 2015-12-15 04:03 pm (UTC)(link)
When they were first erected they'd almost certainly have been painted.

[identity profile] pondhopper.livejournal.com 2015-12-15 05:56 pm (UTC)(link)
Indeed. As were most things in the pre-Romanesque and Romanesque eras.
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