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Butter Cross 150m east of the church is a market cross located in Leicestershire. The structure dates to the medieval period and served as a focal point for local commerce, particularly the sale of butter and dairy produce, as indicated by its name. The cross would have functioned as a gathering place and trading landmark within the settlement. Such crosses represent important evidence of medieval urban and commercial organisation in English market towns and villages.
Butter Cross 150m east of the church is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1017498. View the official record →
Butter Cross 150m east of the church is a market cross located in Leicestershire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1017498.
Butter Cross 150m east of the 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 1017498.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Iron Age and Roman ritual site, settlement, enclosures and linear ditched features, 500m East of Swallow Hill Farm (0.8 km), Hallaton motte and bailey castle (0.8 km), Manorial site west of St Gile's Church and medieval settlement west of Manor Farm (2.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Butter Cross 150m east of the 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.
Butter Cross 150m east of the church stands on Lias Group, bedrock that formed in the Aalenian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, limestone and sandstone.