Stump Cross
Introduction
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Stump Cross
Image: © Richard Croft Taken: 28 Jan 2011
Medieval cross base and part of the shaft at Killingwoldgraves http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2251069 It apparently still had a legible inscription in the 18th century "Pray for the soul of Master William de Walthon", thought to have been added in the 15th century - William of Waltham was canon of Beverley and York and died in 1416.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.843459
Longitude
-0.473095