Recently I was in the Royal Exchange and wandered out the back door into that little alley between Cornhill and Threadneedle Street. While I idly waited I looked up and saw above one of the doors a cross formed by four hands. And in a Lake Isle of Innisfree moment I was transported (imaginatively) to Dorset and the scenes when Tess of the D'Urbervilles visits the Cross In Hand pillar.
This pillar is a real feature of the landscape and is described here: http://people.bath.ac.uk/lismd/dorset/churches/batcombe.html
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