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Of Dartmoor and its Borderland. 41 history. In 1861 alterations were made to the old Guildhall^ when this shaft was found built into a wall separating the court from the lock-up, or clink, and which it is supposed was built in 1680. Mr. Rowe caused this interesting memorial of old Plympton to be removed to the Churchyard, where it was placed close to the tower, and there it remained until the last year of the nineteenth century. That year saw its restoration, and on the 27th November the re-dedication of the cross took place. The shaft, in the top of which an iron dowell was fixed and so firmly as to resist all attempts to remove it, was upwards of nine feet high. On this a new head was placed and the cross set upon a fine octagonal base of granite of three steps, and three feet in height. The foot of the shaft is square, but a short distance up the corners are chamfered, the octagonal form thus produced, elegantly tapering. It will be noticed that one of the chamfers has been broken away and the stirface smoothed. This, it is supposed, was done when it was built into the wall, of which it formed part of the face. Mr. Rowe conjectures it to have been the market cross, and its approximate date to be 1380. The restoration of the Plympton Cross has been most satisfactorily carried out, a great deal of care and thought having been bestowed upon it. It is striking in appearance, and all who take an interest in the preservation of our antiqui- ties will be gratified at seeing in this ancient market town an object so much in keeping with the surroundings. At the re-dedication service there were appropriate prayers and hymns, and an address was delivered by the Bishop of Crediton. The Church is dedicated to St. Thomas of Canterbury, but is more commonly known as St. Maurice, from the chantry chapel in the south aisle, founded by John Brackley, towards the close of the fourteenth century. The second name of the place — Plympton Earl — is derived from the ancient Earls of Devon, who were formerly its lords. Plympton as one of the four stannary town of Devon, and as an old borough once returning members to Parliament, is interesting, while the remains of the Norman castle and the many ancient buildings in the town render it doubly so. The castle was built by Richard de Redvers, upon whom.