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Broom's Cross wayside cross, 150m north east of Orchard House

England
List entry 1015910
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1015910
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0 hectares
Grid reference
SD 33926 01407
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Broom's Cross is a wayside cross located in Lancashire, England, approximately 150 metres north-east of Orchard House. The monument is a stone cross of medieval origin, typical of the wayside crosses that marked routes and boundaries throughout northern England during the medieval period. Such crosses served multiple functions within medieval communities, including marking significant travel routes, parish boundaries, and locations of religious or secular importance. The cross remains an archaeological record of medieval settlement patterns and communications infrastructure in the Lancashire landscape.

Broom's Cross wayside cross, 150m north east of Orchard House is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1015910. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Broom's Cross wayside cross, 150m north east of Orchard House?

Broom's Cross is a wayside cross located in Lancashire, England, approximately 150 metres north-east of Orchard House. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1015910.

Who is responsible for protecting Broom's Cross wayside cross, 150m north east of Orchard House?

Broom's Cross wayside cross, 150m north east of Orchard House 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 1015910.

What other scheduled monuments are near Broom's Cross wayside cross, 150m north east of Orchard House?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Standing cross at the junction of Green Lane and Water Street (0.5 km), Standing cross at the Harkirke 8m north west of the chapel (1.5 km), Sefton Old Hall moated site and fishponds, Sefton. (1.8 km).

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Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Standing cross at the junction of Green Lane and Water Street
0.5 km
Standing cross at the Harkirke 8m north west of the chapel
1.5 km
Sefton Old Hall moated site and fishponds, Sefton.
1.8 km
Wayside cross 100m north of Liverpool Lodge, Little Crosby
1.8 km
Wayside cross 150m north east of Ince Blundell Hall
2 km
Maghull Manor moated site
2.8 km
Standing cross on the village green, 30m south east of the junction of Carr House Lane and Lady Green Lane
2.8 km
Domestic chapel of St Katharine of Alexandria and burial ground
4.3 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Broom's Cross wayside cross, 150m north east of Orchard House

Broom's Cross wayside cross, 150m north east of Orchard House stands on Triassic Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Triassic. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.

The wider landscape

Around Broom's Cross wayside cross, 150m north east of Orchard House

Battle of Winwick (also known as Battle of Red Bank) 1648Battle (1648) · ~16.5 milesBattle of Rowton Heath 1645Battle (1645) · ~25 miles
Domesday entry for Thornton, Cheshire →
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