Ancienne Calvaire près de St Buryan, West Cornwall. Beaucoup de ces anciennes croix de pierre dans la Cornouailles de l'Ouest remontent à plus de mille ans

• Contributeur: Samuel Davey / Alamy Banque D'Images
• ID de l’image: 2K0PA11
• Taille du fichier: 120,7 MB (4,5 MB Téléchargement compressé)
• Autorisations: Modèle - non | Propriété - non
• Dimensions: 5304 x 7952 px | 44,9 x 67,3 cm | 17,7 x 26,5 inches | 300dpi
• Date de la prise de vue: 11 septembre 2022
• Lieu: Near St Buryan , on the B3315 by Boskenna Nurseries, Penwith, West Cornwall

Informations supplémentaires

I read on St Buryan parish church website that St Buryan is said to have more wayside crosses than any other parish in Cornwall and that one of the reasons for this could be that in AD930 King Athelstan gave St Buryan extended or Chartered sanctuary which meant that if someone had committed a capitol offence they could remain in the chartered sanctuary provided they behaved themselves and obeyed the church's officers. This chartered sanctuary possibly extended one and a half miles around the church, and thus the wayside crosses could have served a dual purpose of marking the way to church and also the boundary of the chartered sanctuary.

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