St Martin's Church Cross - Zeals, Wiltshire, UK
Posted by: Dragontree
N 51° 05.086 W 002° 18.859
30U E 548026 N 5659474
This old churchyard cross stands near the entrance porch of St Martin's church in Zeals.
Waymark Code: WM9WZX
Location: South West England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 10/08/2010
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This traditional cross leans slightly and stands on a small, stepped base.
St Martin's church was built on a site given by the Duke of Somerset then consecrated in October 1846. Wikipedia describes the church:
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'The Church of England parish church of Saint Martin was built in 1842-44 to decorated gothic designs by the Gothic Revival architect George Gilbert Scott. It was consecrated on 14 October 1846 as a chapel of ease of the parish of Mere. On 27 June 1848 Zeals was made a separate ecclesiastical parish and St Martin's became the parish church.'