Mediaeval Monuments - Stone Crosses in the English Landscape

Follow the links in the table below to see illustrated pages for each of the monuments. Some of the pages contain a lot of pictures, because there is a lot to see. In one or two cases, there are sub-pages because of the great number of artefacts at a particular location. The table lists places that I have visited, and where there is not yet a link, the relevant page is being prepared. There are, of course, many places with remains of the appropriate age that do not yet appear in the table.

* A note about locations: British local government is reorganised with alarming frequency, though relatively few people in Britain see the need for it. As a result, boundaries keep on being moved, and the locals have to learn new addresses. By the time you read this web site, some of the administrative boundaries may have changed again, so please be understanding - I'll try to keep up with revisions. Each cross page has a map on it, just so that you can be sure about the location.

*CTM - Where indicated in this column, CTM means that the page is part of the "Crossing the Millennia" part of this web-site, which is primarily concerned with crosses and other monuments that date from before the Norman Conquest in 1066. Other pages are part of the "Mediaeval Monuments" part of this web-site.

Location*	CTM*	Details of remains
Derbyshire
Chapel-en-le-Frith	CTM	A mediaeval market cross, and also a Saxon cross-shaft in the churchyard
Charlesworth		The base of one of the boundary crosses of Glossop
Glossop		A cross shaft dating from 1290 with a twentieth century head across the road from the Parish Church
Hadfield		The base of one of the boundary crosses of Glossop
Martinside		The base of one of the boundary crosses of Hope parish
Whaley Bridge	CTM	A Saxon cross-shaft reused as a boundary cross of Hope parish.
Wheston		One of the boundary crosses of Hope parish, pretty well complete.
Whitfield		The site of one of the boundary crosses of Glossop
East Riding of Yorkshire
Beverley		The remains of the crosses that once marked a square mile of sanctuary

* The Ordnance Survey National Grid Reference (and corresponding Latitude/Longitude) given at the top of the page usually refer to the location of the closest or most prominent entrance to the site where the monument is to be found - e.g. a gate into a churchyard. For monuments located in open country, or at a significant distance from the site entrance as just defined, the co-ordinates usually refer to the exact location of the monument.
Please allow for a small error in the co-ordinates of up to a couple of dozen metres.

Thanks to the people at streetmap.co.uk, if you click on the Grid Reference above,
you'll see an extract from the relevant Ordnance Survey 1:50000 Landranger map!

As the official mapping agency of the United Kingdom Government, the Ordnance Survey produces the definitive maps of the country. They contain a wealth of information.
For more details, visit www,ordnancesurvey.co.uk/leisure

Click here if you need an explanation of the terminology on these pages

Click here if you would like to see a bibliography

Click here if you would like to download the freeware "Mordred" font (in True-type for Windows)
so that the headings used on these pages will then look like the following:

Click to go to Pre-Norman crosses in:	England	the island of Ireland	the Isle of Man	Scotland	Wales	Read about the Saints
Click to go to Mediaeval crosses in:	England	the island of Ireland	the Isle of Man	Scotland	Wales

Locality maps at this web-site have been developed using Microsoft AutoRoute Express 2000 (and later editions).

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