Information for record number MWA6541:
Cross in Austrey commemorating Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee

Summary The site of a cross dating to the Imperial period which was erected to commemorate the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria in 1897. The cross is marked on Ordnance Survey map of 1901 and is situated at the junction of Church Lane with Main Street in Austrey.
What Is It?  
Type: Cross, Wayside Cross
Period: Imperial - Industrial (1751 AD - 1913 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Austrey
District: North Warwickshire, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SK 29 06
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

 
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1 Site of cross marked on OS map of 1901.
2 The cross is modern, erected to commemorate the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria in 1897, and was placed on the stone base of the ancient village cross (MWA236).
 
Sources

Source No: 2
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: Victoria County History, vol 4, Warwickshire
Author/originator: Salzman L F (ed)
Date: 1947
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: 4
   
Source No: 1
Source Type: Map
Title: 2500 1901
Author/originator: Ordnance Survey
Date: 1901
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet:
   
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period Modern The Modern Period, about 1915 AD to the present (the 20th and 21st centuries AD)

In recent years archaeologists have realised the importance of recording modern sites. They do this so that in the future people will be able to look at the remains to help them understand the events to which they are related.
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period Imperial 1751 AD to 1914 AD (end of the 18th century AD to the beginning of the 20th century AD)

This period comes after the Post Medieval period and before the modern period and starts with beginning of the Industrial Revolution in 1750. It includes the second part of the Hannoverian period (1714 – 1836) and the Victorian period (1837 – 1901). The Imperial period ends with the start of the First World War in 1914.
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period modern About 1915 AD to the present (the 20th and 21st centuries AD)

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monument SITE * Unclassifiable site with minimal information. Specify site type wherever possible. back
monument STONE * Use only where stone is natural or where there is no indication of function. back
monument WAYSIDE CROSS * A cross erected by the side of the road. back
monument CHURCH * A building used for public Christian worship. Use more specific type where known. back
monument INDUSTRIAL * This is the top term for the class. See INDUSTRIAL Class List for narrow terms. back
monument VILLAGE CROSS * A cross erected in a village. back
monument CROSS * A free-standing structure, in the form of a cross (+), symbolizing the structure on which Jesus Christ was crucified and sacred to the Christian faith. Use specific type where known. back

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