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Butter Cross or Pulestone Cross, on the south west side of the market place

England

List entry 1014890

Nation

England

The designation

Reference

List entry 1014890

Authority

Historic England (NHLE)

Status

Scheduled Monument

Scheduled area

0 hectares

Grid reference

SJ 74521 19147

Boundary

Scheduled area

Overview

History & significance

Butter Cross is an ancient monument located on the south west side of the market place in Shropshire, England. The structure is a market cross of medieval origin, serving as a focal point for commercial and civic activity within the town centre. The cross exhibits characteristics typical of English market crosses, which functioned both as gathering places for trade and as symbols of market rights and urban authority. Its presence within the marketplace reflects the importance of organised commerce and formal trading infrastructure in medieval English towns.

Butter Cross or Pulestone Cross, on the south west side of the market place is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1014890. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Butter Cross or Pulestone Cross, on the south west side of the market place?

Butter Cross is an ancient monument located on the south west side of the market place in Shropshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1014890.

Who is responsible for protecting Butter Cross or Pulestone Cross, on the south west side of the market place?

Butter Cross or Pulestone Cross, on the south west side of the market place 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 1014890.

What other scheduled monuments are near Butter Cross or Pulestone Cross, on the south west side of the market place?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Roving bridge and lock called Newport Lock 255m south east of Wrekin View Farm (0.3 km), Canal aqueduct (2.2 km), Enclosed Iron Age farmstead immediately adjacent to The Croft, Pave Lane (2.9 km).

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Overview

An interactive map of the location with every monument and battle plotted, and a plain-language history built only from what the record holds.

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

Laser-scanned terrain that reveals earthworks hidden under fields and woodland, with likely features flagged.

Local Names

What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.

Historical Maps

Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.

Literature

The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.

Legal

The protected sites nearby and the metal-detecting, access and treasure laws that apply to this ground.

Spotlight

A deep dive into the most remarkable, lesser-known history of the place, traced back to the record.

Target Zones

For detectorists: the most promising ground to search nearby, ranked by confidence, with what to expect.

Timeline

The whole story of the location told era by era, from prehistory to the present day.

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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Roving bridge and lock called Newport Lock 255m south east of Wrekin View Farm

0.3 km

Canal aqueduct

2.2 km

Enclosed Iron Age farmstead immediately adjacent to The Croft, Pave Lane

Site of pumping engine at Muxton Bridge colliery

6.2 km

Headgear at Grange colliery, 240m north west of Watling Street Grange

8.1 km

Parts of a Roman camp and signal station 410m ESE of Watling Street Grange

8.2 km

The ground beneath

The bedrock under Butter Cross or Pulestone Cross, on the south west side of the market place

Butter Cross or Pulestone Cross, on the south west side of the market place stands on Triassic Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Triassic. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.

The wider landscape

Around Butter Cross or Pulestone Cross, on the south west side of the market place

Water EatonRoman town · ~11.1 miles WroxeterRoman town · ~12.9 miles WallRoman town · ~23.4 miles Battle of Blore Heath (1459)Battle (1459) · ~10.1 miles Battle of Hopton Heath 1643Battle (1643) · ~13.8 miles Battle of Shrewsbury 1403Battle (1403) · ~14.8 miles Battle of Nantwich 1644Battle (1644) · ~22.4 miles

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