Cross in Churchyard of Church of St Leonard

Over Whitacre Churchyard Cross, North Warwickshire

Warwickshire County Council

Description of this historic site

The remains of a Medieval churchyard cross which stands in the churchyard of St. Leonard's Church, Over Whitacre.

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Notes about this historic site

1 Situated on S side of church. Square-octagonal socket stone on three steps. Faced with quatrefoil alternatively carved emblems of the four Evangelists. The steps show signs of having been willfully chipped. The restoration of the steps was carried out by a Dr Bray, rector of Over Whitacre 1686-90. On the edge of the socket stone are the four symbols of the Evangelists and there are several other marks overgrown by moss which could be mason’s marks.
2 A photograph which is labelled Nether Whitacre is presumably of this cross.
3 1967, as described above.
4 Correspondence from the then rector, M,W. Tunnicliffe to Dr Webster following a visitor’s claim that the cross was in fact a Roman font.