Stonyhurst

Stonyhurst

Text mentions 4 crosses but had only presented 3.

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*Saint Paulinus' Cross stands at Kemple End and is a listed monument believed to date from Anglo-Saxon times. It may well mark a spot at which [[Saint Paulinus of York]], who converted [[King Edwin of Northumbria]] and founded the [[See of York]], preached.
*Saint Paulinus' Cross stands at Kemple End and is a listed monument believed to date from Anglo-Saxon times. It may well mark a spot at which [[Saint Paulinus of York]], who converted [[King Edwin of Northumbria]] and founded the [[See of York]], preached.
*Hague’s Cross stands above the [[River Hodder]] in the woods close to the former Jesuit novitiate and preparatory school, Hodder Place. This commemorates the death of William Hague, who drowned in the Hodder here (the old Stonyhurst bathing huts are located in Hodder Wood), on the 5th of April, 1877.
*Hague’s Cross stands above the [[River Hodder]] in the woods close to the former Jesuit novitiate and preparatory school, Hodder Place. This commemorates the death of William Hague, who drowned in the Hodder here (the old Stonyhurst bathing huts are located in Hodder Wood), on the 5th of April, 1877.
*Woodward's Cross is a bit to the south of Hague's Cross. Jusuit student James Woodward drowned in the [[River Hodder]] on the 31st of July, 1857{{Cite web |title=Crosses |url=https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1sFUfFRJSyMBBZNh9pmWCRm7oCSfFLsdv&hl=en |access-date=2026-04-22 |website=Google My Maps}}.
Pupils from the school used to visit each cross in an annual pilgrimage to mark [[Palm Sunday]].[http://www.stonyhurst.ac.uk/article_1095.shtml General News] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080326170618/http://www.stonyhurst.ac.uk/article_1095.shtml |date=2008-03-26 }}
Pupils from the school used to visit each cross in an annual pilgrimage to mark [[Palm Sunday]].[http://www.stonyhurst.ac.uk/article_1095.shtml General News] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080326170618/http://www.stonyhurst.ac.uk/article_1095.shtml |date=2008-03-26 }}
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