Parish Of St. Martin - Arichondel, Jersey, Channel Islands
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dtrebilc
N 49° 12.800 W 002° 01.649
30U E 570827 N 5451626
The Coat of Arms of the Parish of St. Martin are on the base of this wayside cross is one of 12 erected to celebrate the Millennium on the island of Jersey.
Waymark Code: WMM4D2
Location: Jersey
Date Posted: 07/19/2014
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Each of the 12 parishes that make up the island of Jersey had a similar wayside cross erected for the millennium.
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 is 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 is at the discretion of the individual parishes."
This cross is situated in the Parish of St. Martin at Arichondel next to a small car park on the coast road.
The plinth on which the cross stands has the parish coat of arms of a silver shield with three red horizontal lines.
Underneath the arms are the words
In the year of Our Lord
2000
The Parish of St. Martin
This parish is situated in the north east of the island and covers an area of 10.3 km².
It is ranked 6th in the list of parishes by area and had a population of 3,763 residents in 2011.