Wayside Cross – St. Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands - Made for the Millennium on Waymarking.com

The La Société Jersiaise website has the following information about the crosses.

"The 12 crosses were erected in each of the Island's parishes as a gift from the States. The project was one of those sponsored by the Millennium Fund to mark 2,000 years of Christianity.

It is believed that wayside crosses were once abundant throughout the Island, until they were all but destroyed during the Reformation. Little evidence now remains of them.

The design selected is based on the cross which now stands at Elizabeth Castle, which was erected there in 1959 to mark the site of the Abbey of St Helier. It is believed to be an excellent reproduction of a medieval wayside cross.

The design, which features a slender granite cross atop a solid granite base, including an octagonal supporting collar, is around 8-ft high. The inscription of the date and the appropriate parish crest on the base of the crosses was at the discretion of the individual parishes."

This cross is situated in the urban area of St. Helier in the Parish of St. Helier. The plinth on which the cross stands has the parish coat of arms of two crossed gold axes on a blue background, the blue symbolising the sea, and the axes symbolising the martyrdom of Helier at the hands of Saxon pirates in 555 A.D. Underneath the arms are the words A.D. 2000 ST. HELIER

Related web site: [Web Link] Can you tell us who created the item: Stone dresser Michael Frost Condition of the item: Good So what did YOU do for the millennium?: Attended a party

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