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The Buttercross

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The Buttercross
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The Buttercross. In 1606 Richard Ashcombe left £50 to build “a house over and above the cross.” The clock was added in 1683 after a bequest from William Blake of Cogges. Tradition has it that a statue of the Virgin Mary stood on the central pillar.

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Pictures: Philip Halling, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0; Steve Daniels, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0; P L Chadwick, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0; Betty Longbottom, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0; Rabbi WP Thinrod, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0; Des Blenkinsopp, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0; Roger Templeman, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0; Brian Robert Marshall, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0

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