Erected between 1600 and 1609 on the site of a wooden wayside cross which was first mentioned in 1409. There is some speculation that the first structure on the site was a Roman beacon or marker. The picture shows the cross in 1822.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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