Bovey Tracey - Civil War Cross (1645)

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Reference WMO/214263

Address:

Footpath between A382 & Stentiford Lane

Bovey Tracey

TQ13 9**

England

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Status: On subsequent site(s)
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Unknown
Description: Other cross
Materials:
  • Stone Granite
Lettering: Inscribed on a plaque
Conflicts:
  • English Civil Wars (1642-1651)
About the memorial: Memorial to an un-named Royalist Officer who fell nearby when Cromwell's troops defeated the Royalists. It appears to have been moved at least twice in its history and potentially used as a gate post.
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This old cross once marked the grave of a Royalist Officer who fell near here 1645 when Cromwell's troops defeated the Royalists. - - - A.J.W. 1923

None stated. See photographs

Grade II (England)

1165056

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