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Image: Commemorative village cross, Gainford

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Description: This is a village cross in Gainford, County Durham, It has probably a medieval base which supports a later Victorian cross of 1897. The Cross was sculpted by Issac Charge and Son, of Gainford. The cross has a slightly battered sheft and Saxon type head. The inscrption on the west face of the shaft reads; IN THANKFUL COMMEMORATION OF THE SIXTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ACCESSION OF QUEEN VICTORIA ON JUNE 20TH 1897. THIS CROSS WAS RE-ERECTED AND TREES PLANTED ON THE GREEN BY THE INHABITANTS OF GAINFORD
Title: Commemorative village cross, Gainford
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Author: Francis Hannaway
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