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Churchyard cross, St Luke's churchyard is a medieval monument located in Staffordshire, England. The structure dates from the medieval period and stands within the churchyard of St Luke's Church, serving as a focus for the sacred space and reflecting the religious and communal significance of the site. As a churchyard cross, it would have functioned as a gathering point and marker of the consecrated ground, typical of such monuments found throughout England during the medieval era. The cross remains an important example of ecclesiastical architecture and demonstrates the material expression of religious practice in the medieval English countryside.
Churchyard cross, St Luke's churchyard is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1012668. View the official record →
Churchyard cross, St Luke's churchyard is a medieval monument located in Staffordshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1012668.
Churchyard cross, St Luke's churchyard 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 1012668.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Pillaton Old Hall (4.7 km), Moated site and bloomery in Courtbanks Covert (6.3 km), Rodbaston Old Hall moated site and fishpond (6.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Churchyard cross, St Luke's churchyard's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Churchyard cross, St Luke's churchyard stands on Pennine Middle Coal Measures Formation And South Wales Middle Coal Measures Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Moscovian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, sandstone, coal, ironstone and ferricrete.