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Photographer: Michael Herrick
Taken: August 21, 2018
Caption: Nearby Marker
Additional Description: Armstrong Cross The cross is formed from sandstone from Cragend quarry on the Gragside estate and stands 22 feet 7 inches high. The north, east and west sides of the shaft represent nature in all its forms and phases. The south side contains the endless Celtic knotwork pattern similar to the original Rothbury cross which now forms the base of the font in the church parish.

The inscription reads, ‘This monument was erected in the year 1902, on the site of the ancient market cross by the inhabitants of Rothbury and other friends in admiration and grateful remembrance of the long and useful lives of William George Baron Armstrong of Cragside cb. 1810–1900, and of Margaret his wife 1807–1893.’
Submitted: November 22, 2018, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut.
Database Locator Identification Number: p454894
File Size: 1.326 Megabytes

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