Osmotherley Village Green
Osmotherley Village Green is an open space in the centre of Osmotherley, North Yorkshire, a village in England.
The settlement is centred on its small, triangular, village green, where its three main roads meet.[1][2] On the green stand a cross and a stone table. A local tradition claims that the cross was associated with a 19th-century market, but no record of a market charter exists.[2] The stone table was probably used as an individual market stall, but has also been described as a stone on which a coffin would have been rested. In the early 1750s, John Wesley preached in the village, and it is said that he did so while standing on the table.[3] Both the cross and table are grade II listed.[4][5]
The village cross is in stone, and consists of three Mediaeval square steps surmounted by a plain 18th-century obelisk.[4] The 16th-century table is also in stone, about 1.5 feet (0.46 m) in height, and consists of a slab on five tapered supports.[5]
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References
- ^ Grenville, Jane; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2023) [1966]. Yorkshire: The North Riding. The Buildings of England. New Haven and London: Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-25903-2.
- ^ a b Page, William (1914). A History of the County of York North Riding: Volume 1. London: Victoria County History. Retrieved 11 August 2025.
- ^ Rhea, Nicholas (8 October 2010). "Rock-solid support for Wesley". Darlington and Stockton Times. Retrieved 13 August 2025.
- ^ a b Historic England. "Village Cross, Osmotherley (1188761)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 2 August 2025.
- ^ a b Historic England. "Stone table, Osmotherley (1150866)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 2 August 2025.