More information : [TF 40761708] Cross [GT] (Remains of). (1) The remains of an old cross stand at Manor Hill Corner, Tydd St Mary. (2) The cross has been slightly renovated. See GP. AO/65/109/2. (3)
TF 4076 1710. Boundary cross, Manor Hill Corner. The cross is medieval in date and is constructed of limestone. The monument includes the base, comprising a socket stone, and part of the shaft.
The socket stone is constructed from a single limestone block of rectangular section. On one side it stands up to 0.28m above the ground surface, which slopes down towards the Master Dike; on the south side it is partially buried, the top of the stone lying approximately level with the ground surface of the roadside verge. The upper edge of the stone is chamfered. Set into the centre of the socket stone is a shaft fragment, nearly square in section at the base rising through moulded and chamfered corners in tapering octagonal section to a height of 1.1m. The cross is Listed Grade II. (4) |