Description

SK 42 NW
2/61

CASTLE DONINGTON
DONINGTON PARK
The Countess's Cross

II

Memorial cross. 1874. Ashlar. Celtic cross on high rusticated pedestal,
surrounded at foot by large boulders roughly grouped in shape of a hand.
Inscription on cross records the burial on site of the right hand of Edith, 10th
Countess of Loudon. It is said that, by burying her right hand here, in a position
overlooking most of the park, the Countess wished to influence the control
of the estate after her death, and protect it from the squandering lifestyle of
her brother.

Listing NGR: SK4164727100

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26643335

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Recommended Books

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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]