Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Cross in churchyard of St Mary's Church
Ysceifiog, Flintshire, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Ysceifiog, Flintshire, designated on 6 November 1962.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Religious, Ritual and Funerary
- Date of designation
- 6 November 1962
- Locality
- Ysceifiog
- Community
- Ysceifiog
- Unitary authority
- Flintshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.23348, -3.27096
- Cadw reference
- 344
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesLlyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales
5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1795 map "To Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn Bart ... the map of the six counties of North Wales is most humbly inscribed by his obedient humble servant" (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1795 · To Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn Bart ... the map of the six counties of North Wales is most… (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales)
- 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 108 Flint (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 108 Flint (Outline) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
In the churchyard on the S side of the church.
History
The earliest known date for a church at Ysceifiog is 1254, but the cross is probably of C15 date.
Exterior
The fragment of the cross comprising an octagonal stone base, and an octagonal tapering stone shaft surviving to a height of approximately 0.9m. A fragment of the cross head lies on the base.
Reason for designation
Listed as a surviving fragment of a medieval cross, and for group value with the church of St Mary.
Nearby in the register
- Church of St MaryReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- The Old RectoryDomesticunder 1 mi
- Ysceifiog Community HallEducationunder 1 mi
- School House, including forecourt railingsDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.