Headless Cross, Cartmel, Cumbria
N 54° 11.848 W 002° 57.118
30U E 503133 N 6005493
Headloss Cross is the name of the cross roads, at the south end of Cartmel.
Waymark Code: WMF280
Location: North West England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 08/10/2012
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Headless Cross is a common name around the country, and refers to a Market, or Vinegar, Stone, used during a plague visitation. Goods would be left by farmers afraid to enter the town, in return for money left in a bowl of vinegar, which was thought to prevent infection.
The cross is made of stone with a three step plinth.
Grade 2 listed (
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