Site of Knowlebury Cross, Tanworth in Arden
Description of this historic site
There is documentary evidence to suggest that this is the site of Knowlebury Cross which dates from the Post Medieval period. It lies 200m north of the Church of St Mary Magdalene.
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Notes about this historic site
1 “…Knowlebury crosse which stood on a banke at Tamworth’s townes end over against ye lane that went…. to Dansie greene, part of this crosse was standing in ye begining of these troublesome times.” [Included in a list of parish crosses compiled by Sir Simon Archer of Umberslade, 1581-1662] The reference to “these troublesome times” indicates that the list was compiled during the Civil Wars.
- For the sources of these notes, see the
- Timetrail record
- produced by the Historic Environment Record.
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