Plaque

Hern or Hurn Cross - Croydon

Erection date: 1977

Inscription

{Beneath a Maltese cross:}
Hern or Hurn Cross
Near here once stood one of the four manorial boundary crosses of old Croydon.
The other crosses were the Hand Cross, the Stay Cross and one of unknown name. They existed up to the reign of Queen Elizabeth I but disappeared in the late 1600's. They marked the area of the old town within which the inhabitants enjoyed manorial privileges.
Old documents locate the crosses at 'Burchall's House in an elm tree, The Pound; Little Alms House Corner, and Dodd's Corner in an elm tree against the Catherine Wheel Corner.'
Plaques marking the site of the other three crosses have been placed at the junction of George Street and Wellesley Road, at Pump Pail under the fly-over and at the lower end of Church Street. 

{Beneath the Rotary Club symbol:}
This plaque was erected in 1977 by the Rotary Clubs of Croydon South and Croydon East to commemorate the Silver Jubilee of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.

Site: Hern or Hurn Cross - Croydon (1 memorial)

CR0, South End, 1, The Edge Public House

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk

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Silver Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II

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Queen Elizabeth I

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boundary crosses of old Croydon

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Croydon East Rotary Club

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Croydon South Rotary Club

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