Devon Marker Stones

           
                                       
District: West Devon                      

 
                                   
Parish: Gidleigh        
                                       
                                       
                                       
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  2 Crosses
   
   
   
   
   
                           
                           
          Stone Type: Churchyard Cross
          Grid Reference: SX/6706/8837
          Location: Around the back of Gidleigh Church.
          Notes: This was once a wayside cross that was found in use as a fencing post and was taken into the churchyard for safekeeping,  It is now a headstone for the grave of William Sampson, a former Sexton and Bellringer of the church.
             
                                 
                                 
                                 
                       
                       
 Stone Type: Blackaton Bridge (Waymarker) Cross            
 Grid Reference: SX/678/890            
 Location: Set on top of the roadside wall beside the Blackaton Bridge, about 1 kilometre to the north east of Gidleigh village.            
 Notes: The cross is much damaged and now has only one arm and a very short length of shaft showing.