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Object type: Part of round–shaft [1]
Measurements: H. 121 cm (55 in); Circumference 122 > 89 cm (48 > 35 in)
Stone type: As Disley (Lyme Handley) 1
Plate numbers in printed volume: Ills. 162, 167-70
Corpus volume reference: Vol 9 p. 79
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The upper part of this round-shaft has been re-cut into a rounded form; a small socket 6 x 6 cm (2.5 x 2.5 in) is set in the top. There is a single moulding around the upper part of the surviving stone. Earwaker (1877–80, ii, 313) recorded traces of scrollwork above the moulding which can also be seen in Baldwin Brown's photograph (Brown, G. 1937, pl. XXXV) but this is no longer clearly visible. An incised cross is cut on the west face whilst the south carries the letters W/ A ?T (or vertical bar linking horizontals)/ H L.
See Disley (Lyme Hall) 1 above. Marshall (1975, 72–3) interprets the letters 'W' and 'L' as referring, respectively, to Sir Ralph Wyttle and the Leghs of Lyme (see Disley (Lyme Hall) 1 above). The 'H' she suggest refers to Handley.
