Village Cross, Church Street, Monyash, Derbyshire.
Posted by: greysman
N 53° 11.752 W 001° 46.622
30U E 581700 N 5894757
The village cross was erected after the village was granted its market charter in c.1340.
Waymark Code: WMGCT1
Location: East Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 02/15/2013
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This Village cross is Grade II listed. It was erected in c.1340 when the village was granted a Tuesday market charter and a three-day Holy Trinity Fair. A village market is now held, on Spring Bank holiday weekends.
The shaft (pier) is of gritstone, tapering, and is about 7ft, 2.15m, tall with a smaller head. The cross itself was probably of wood and mounted on the pier.
The pier is mounted on a deep octagonal base of gritstone on a small square plinth, both very worn and weathered.
The whole is again mounted on a large square base of large limestone blocks, supposedly made from the old village stocks. On these blocks are circular holes made by the local lead miners who were testing their drills after the local smithy had sharpened them.
There is an information board adjacent to the north-east side of the cross with the following wording:-
THE VILLAGE CROSS
This Village Cross dates from circa 1340 when the village was granted a
charter to hold a weekly market on a Tuesday and a three day fair to celebrate
the festival of Holy Trinity. It is likely the cross itself was made out of wood
and mounted on top of the stone shaft. The circular holes in the base are
where the lead miners tested their drills after sharpening at the smithy.