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St Helen's Church Anglian high cross is a fragmentary stone monument of early medieval date located in the churchyard at Ashford-in-the-Water, Derbyshire. The surviving remains comprise portions of what would originally have been a substantial cross shaft, characteristic of the high crosses erected by the Anglian kingdoms during the seventh to ninth centuries. The monument exemplifies the stone-carving traditions of the Mercian period and testifies to the Christian culture established in the East Midlands during the early medieval period. Such crosses typically served as focal points for Christian worship and communal gathering in pre-Conquest England.
Anglian high cross in the churchyard of St Helen's Church is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1012870. View the official record →
St Helen's Church Anglian high cross is a fragmentary stone monument of early medieval date located in the churchyard at Ashford-in-the-Water, Derbyshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1012870.
Anglian high cross in the churchyard of St Helen's Church is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1012870.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Lock up and pinfold (1 km), Fishponds 90m south east St Mary's Church (4.3 km), Dovecote at Manor Farm (5.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Anglian high cross in the churchyard of St Helen's Church's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Anglian high cross in the churchyard of St Helen's Church stands on Triassic Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Triassic. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.