The Corpus of ROMANESQUE SCULPTURE in Britain & Ireland
Cross
Two fragments of a granite, ringed cross found in a field, which Crawford describes as the 'Church Field' (Crawford 1907, 218). There are no building remains.
Cross
Known as ‘Village Green Cross’ (Ryder 1982, 120) or 'Butter Cross', the cross now stands in paving on a corner between the drives which serve modern bungalows in a small estate called Three Hills Close, off School Lane, on the E side of the Doncaster Road (A630). When recorded by the National Monuments Record in 1965 it was on the village green, enclosed by railings. Since that time the green has been built upon; as far as we are aware the cross has not been relocated. The stone is kept clear of the nearby shrubs by the kindness of its nearest neighbour.
Cross
A granite cross, 1.68m high, with four original pieces and some modern infills. It is ringless in form, with hollows at the arms. It once stood on the road outside the hotel, but was subsequently moved to St Kevin's 'Kitchen'. Its original location within the monastery is not known. With the opening of the new Visitor Centre, it was transferred to the exhibition hall in the new building. The cross is set on an uncarved plinth. The four original blocks are as follows:
Cross
The cross is situated in the SE corner of the churchyard, some 30m from the chancel. It consists of a cast lead Celtic style wheel cross bearing the date 1921, mounted on a tapered stone shaft carved with Romanesque foliage ornament on all four faces. This stands on a cuboid base block with 12thc relief carving on its four sides, a plinth with inscriptions, and a low step. Only the base block and the lower section of the shaft are Romanesque.
The cross was discovered in the cellar of the Falcon Inn, and was noted there in RCHME (1916). In 1921 the owner of the Falcon, Mr Kendall, gave it to the village in exchange for nothing more than a replacement support for his cellar roof. it was removed and remodelled as a First World War memorial: the plinth block being carved with a memorial inscription and the names of the 37 men of the village killed in the war, and a cast lead Celtic style wheel cross bearing the date 1921 being paced on the top. This work was carried out by P. M. Johnson. After World War II four more names were added to the existing panels, including that of the artist Eric Ravilious, who lived in the village from 1934.