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The churchyard cross at the Church of St Peter is a medieval monument standing in the churchyard at Allerston in North Yorkshire. The cross dates to the medieval period and represents a significant example of parish religious architecture, serving as a focal point for community gatherings and religious observance within the churchyard. The structure exhibits the characteristic design of medieval churchyard crosses, which functioned both as devotional monuments and markers of sacred space. As a scheduled monument, it remains an important surviving element of the medieval ecclesiastical landscape of Yorkshire.
Churchyard cross at the Church of St Peter is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1012876. View the official record →
The churchyard cross at the Church of St Peter is a medieval monument standing in the churchyard at Allerston in North Yorkshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1012876.
Churchyard cross at the Church of St Peter 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 1012876.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cup-marked rock west of confluence of Lodepit Beck and Glovershaw Beck (10.5 km), Cup and groove-marked rock on east edge of Glovershaw quarry (10.6 km), Small carved rock in path east of Glovershaw quarry (10.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Churchyard cross at the Church of St Peter'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.
Churchyard cross at the Church of St Peter stands on Millstone Grit Group [See Also Migr], bedrock that formed in the Namurian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.