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Boundary cross on the corner of Ferrybridge Road and Stumpcross Lane is a medieval monument located in Yorkshire, England. The cross marks a parish or territorial boundary, a common function of such structures erected during the medieval period to define administrative divisions in the landscape. The monument survives as a stone cross shaft, preserving evidence of medieval boundary demarcation practices. Such crosses served both practical and symbolic purposes, establishing clear markers of jurisdiction and ownership across the rural medieval countryside.
Boundary cross on the corner of Ferrybridge Road and Stumpcross Lane is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1011848. View the official record →
Boundary cross on the corner of Ferrybridge Road and Stumpcross Lane is a medieval monument located in Yorkshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1011848.
Boundary cross on the corner of Ferrybridge Road and Stumpcross Lane 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 1011848.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Ferrybridge Henge, a prehistoric enclosure, and two round barrows (0.9 km), St John's Priory (1.1 km), Pontefract Castle: part of late Saxon cemetery and town ditch, Norman motte and bailey castle and later medieval enclosure castle (1.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Boundary cross on the corner of Ferrybridge Road and Stumpcross Lane'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.
Boundary cross on the corner of Ferrybridge Road and Stumpcross Lane stands on Zechstein Group, bedrock that formed in the Late Permian. The rock here is dolomitised limestone and dolomite.