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© Mr Peter Sargeant
IoE Number:
484960
Location:
MAB'S CROSS, STANDISHGATE (east side)
WIGAN, WIGAN, GREATER MANCHESTER
Photographer:
Mr Peter Sargeant
Date Photographed:
28 April 2005
Date listed:
11 July 1983
Date of last amendment:
11 July 1983
Grade
II*
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WIGAN
SD50NE STANDISHGATE
24-1/2/76 (East side)
11/07/83 Mab's Cross
GV II*
Stump of boundary cross. Probably C13; moved to this site from
opposite side of road (probably in early C20). Gritstone.
Square plinth of 2 courses of large rectangular blocks
(formerly secured by metal staples); and, loosely mounted
diagonally on top of this, a large square cross-base with the
stump of a chamfered shaft set in it. Attached to the front of
the plinth is a lettered metal plaque relating the well-known
legend that in 1323 Lady Mabel Bradshaigh did penance for
bigamy by walking barefoot from Haigh Hall to this cross once
a week for the rest of her life.