Listed Building: HOBS STONE AT NGR SE 589 504 (464853)

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Grade II
LBSUID 464853
Date assigned 19 August 1971
Date last amended

Description

YORK SE55SE TADCASTER ROAD 1112-1/1/1053 (West side (off)) 19/08/71 Hob's Stone at NGR SE 589 504 II Coffin lid, later re-set in upright position. Probably early C14, with adjacent basin stone possibly C17 and with C18 inscription. Limestone. Upright stone approximately 0.4 metres by 0.5 metres and 1.0 metres high. West face has weathered effigy of a knight with a shield of arms. East face has C18 inscription, now worn and illegible. On the east side is a flat stone, with an upper face approximately 0.6 metres square with a shallow basin cut into it. Reputed to have been used for disinfecting money when the plague was in York. (An Inventory of the Historical Monuments of the City of York: RCHME: South-west of the Ouse: HMSO: 1972-: 58). Listing NGR: SE5890050400

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Grid reference SE 58900 50399 (point)
Map sheet SE55SE

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Record last edited

Jan 11 2007 3:00PM

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