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Butter Cross, located approximately 350 metres north-west of Yewtree Cottage in Shropshire, is a market cross of medieval origin. The structure represents a significant example of civic infrastructure from the medieval period, serving as a focal point for commercial activity and community gathering within its locality. The cross would have functioned as both a practical marker for market transactions and a symbol of local authority and trading rights. Such crosses formed essential elements of medieval market towns and villages across England, facilitating the regulation and conduct of trade.
Butter Cross 350m north west of Yewtree Cottage is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1014889. View the official record →
Butter Cross, located approximately 350 metres north-west of Yewtree Cottage in Shropshire, is a market cross of medieval origin. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1014889.
Butter Cross 350m north west of Yewtree Cottage 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 1014889.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Medieval cross in Quatt churchyard (2.5 km), Pool Hall moated site (2.5 km), Medieval cross in Chelmarsh churchyard (3.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Butter Cross 350m north west of Yewtree Cottage'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 350m north west of Yewtree Cottage stands on Warwickshire Group, bedrock that formed in the Early Permian. The rock here is siltstone and sandstone with subordinate mudstone.