Churchyard Cross, St Edward the Confessor Church - Cheddleton, Staffordshire. - Churchyard Crosses on Waymarking.com

St Edward the Confessor church is a Grade II* listed building and dates back to the 13th century. (visit link)

The church at is dedicated to St. Edward the Confessor. The earliest church here was built in the last decade of the twelfth century. Much of the existing building dates from the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries with the tower and porch being completed in the late sixteenth century. Major restorations were undertaken in the 1770s and particularly in the 1860s. It is particularly noted for its fine stained glass windows by William Morris and Edward Burne Jones. (visit link)

St Edward's was formerly a chapel-of-ease for St. Edward's at Leek but became a parish church in 1450.
The church is in the Diocese of Lichfield and is now part of the United Benefice of St Edward's Cheddleton, St. Michael's Horton, St. Chad's Longsdon and St. Lawrence Rushton Spencer.

The churchyard cross is an ancient monument that is scheduled under the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979. The base is medieval; the upper part is by George Gilbert Scott Jr. and features Instruments of the Passion designed by William Morris.

Description
"The monument includes a standing stone cross located in the churchyard of St Edward's Church, Cheddleton, approximately 15m north east of the south porch.
The cross, which is Listed Grade II, is of stepped form and is partly medieval and partly late 19th century in date.
The monument includes a base of three steps, a medieval socket-stone, a shaft and an ornamental head of late 19th century date. The steps are circular in plan and constructed of stone blocks. The socket-stone stands on the third step and is also circular in section. Set into the centre of the socket-stone is a stone shaft of square section with a column applied to each face.
The lowest 1.2m of the shaft represents the remains of the original medieval shaft; whilst the upper part is thought to date from the late 19th century restoration. The shaft rises from a simple moulded base to a floral-banded ornamental knop, above which are sculptures depicting the instruments of the Passion, set within gabled niches, and the cross-head. This takes the form of a cusped stone cross.
The head also dates from the late 19th century restoration of the cross and was designed by George Gilbert Scott Junior in collaboration with William Morris. The stone paving on the northern side of the cross and the gravestone to the south are excluded from the scheduling although the ground beneath the paving is included." Source: (visit link)

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