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wayside cross, Meriden

Photograph at the wayside cross, Meriden bronze plaque

This ancient wayside cross has stood in the village for some 500 years and by tradition it marks the CENTRE OF ENGLAND. The cross was rebuilt on this site when the green was improved in celebration of the festival of Britain A.D. 1951

Inscription drawn from imported open data, awaiting original TributeLegacy editorial.

Source: Open Plaques. Geographic data via OpenStreetMap.

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  • Open Plaques, dedicated to the public domain (CC0). See openplaques.org.
  • Wikidata, available under the CC0 1.0 Universal dedication.
  • © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database Licence.
  • Historic England, National Heritage List for England, used under the Open Government Licence v3.0. War memorial records are drawn from open community datasets (OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, NHLE) — never from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, which is excluded.

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