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This cross in the grounds of SU9547 : Limnerslease along the Pilgrim's Way to Canterbury was created in the early C20th by the artist and designer Mary Watts in memory of her husband, the artist George Frederic Watts. On this side the sword is thought to represent the martyrdom of St Thomas a Becket (Canterbury 1170, to whose shrine the pilgrims would have been heading). There are various Celtic plaits and shield-knots on the cross, traditionally believed to ward off evil spirits.
See also SU9547 : Limnerslease grounds - Modern Celtic Cross - from northeast for a different aspect of this cross.