The Cantlin Stone and Botfield Cross
THE CANTLIN STONE AND BOTFIELD CROSS
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1367240
- Date first listed:
- 01-Dec-1951
- Statutory Address:
- THE CANTLIN STONE AND BOTFIELD CROSS
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- Date:
- 2005-05-09
- Reference:
- IOE01/14064/35
- Rights:
- © Mr James Brown. Source: Historic England Archive
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1367240
- Date first listed:
- 01-Dec-1951
- Statutory Address 1:
- THE CANTLIN STONE AND BOTFIELD CROSS
Location
- Statutory Address:
- THE CANTLIN STONE AND BOTFIELD CROSS
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Shropshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Bettws-y-Crwyn
- District:
- Shropshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Newcastle on Clun
- National Grid Reference:
- SO2025386943
Details
BETTWS-Y-CRWYN C.P.
SO 28 NW
2/1
The Cantlin Stone and Botfield Cross
1.12.51
II
Memorial stone and cross. Stone erected 1691 and cross erected 1858. Irregular limestone boulder inscribed "WC/DECSED HERE BURIED/1691 AT BETWS". Limestone Celtic cross with carved roundels and trails and chamfered stepped square base (cross displaced and fractured at time of resurvey [November 1984]).
The stone traditionally marks the spot where William Catlin, a pedlar visiting local farms, collapsed and died in 1691; he is said to be buried in St Mary's Churchyard (q.v.). The cross was erected in 1858 by Beriah Botfield, a botanist and bibliographer, and M.P. for Ludlow.
A wooden fence (not included) now surrounds both stone and cross.
This entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 26 October 2016.
Legacy
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- Legacy System number:
- 257094
- Legacy System:
- LBS
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