Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Churchyard cross at Church of St George
St. Georges-super-Ely, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales
A Grade II listed building in St Georges Super Ely, Vale of Glamorgan, designated on 7 August 2002.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Religious, Ritual and Funerary
- Date of designation
- 7 August 2002
- Locality
- St Georges Super Ely
- Community
- St. Georges-super-Ely
- Unitary authority
- Vale of Glamorgan
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.48155, -3.29088
- Cadw reference
- 26825
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1636 map "Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ..." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1636 · Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ... (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1637 · The fourth table of England. Cornub. Devonia, Somerset etc. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1865 · England and Wales. England No. 6. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 263 Cardiff (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1913 · Sheet 110. Cardiff & Mouth of the Severn. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Standing to S of church.
History
Medieval churchyard crosses served as stations for outdoor liturgical processions and to denote the sanctity of the cemetery for Christian burial.
Exterior
Medieval churchyard cross. Three steps of roughly coursed rubble support a broached socket stone from which rises the narrow chamfered shaft and replaced head of Maltese format.
Reason for designation
Listed as a mostly surviving medieval cross with steps; group value with the church.
Nearby in the register
- Church of St GeorgeReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Church CottageDomesticunder 1 mi
- Ty FfynnonDefenceunder 1 mi
- Castle FarmhouseDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.