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Butler's Cross is a medieval wayside cross located in Norfolk, England. The monument dates to the medieval period and represents the type of stone or timber crosses that once marked significant routes, boundaries, or religious sites throughout England. As with many such crosses, it would have served both practical and spiritual purposes for travellers and the local community. The site remains an important record of medieval religious and secular infrastructure in the Norfolk landscape.
Butler's Cross is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1013574. View the official record →
Butler's Cross is a medieval wayside cross located in Norfolk, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1013574.
Butler's Cross 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 1013574.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow on Leziate Heath, 300m west of Leziate Drove (6.6 km), Site of All Saints' Church (6.7 km), Medieval and early post-medieval settlement remains 570m west of Jubilee Farm (8.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Butler's Cross'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.
Butler's Cross stands on Wealden Group, bedrock that formed in the Barremian. The rock here is sandstone and siltstone, interbedded.