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Cockthorpe village cross, 200m east of All Saints' Church

England
List entry 1013572
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1013572
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0 hectares
Grid reference
TF 98336 42171
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Cockthorpe village cross is a medieval monument located approximately 200 metres east of All Saints' Church in Cockthorpe, Norfolk. The cross represents a significant example of the communal and administrative focal points that characterised English villages during the medieval period, serving functions ranging from market gatherings to public proclamations. Though the original structure has been subject to loss and degradation over the centuries, the monument remains an important archaeological record of medieval village organisation and social practice in Norfolk. The site is protected as a scheduled ancient monument under the National Heritage List for England designation 1013572.

Cockthorpe village cross, 200m east of All Saints' Church is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1013572. View the official record →

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What is Cockthorpe village cross, 200m east of All Saints' Church?

Cockthorpe village cross is a medieval monument located approximately 200 metres east of All Saints' Church in Cockthorpe, Norfolk. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1013572.

Who is responsible for protecting Cockthorpe village cross, 200m east of All Saints' Church?

Cockthorpe village cross, 200m east of All Saints' 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 1013572.

What other scheduled monuments are near Cockthorpe village cross, 200m east of All Saints' Church?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Binham Priory (2.2 km), Binham village cross (2.6 km), Cross in St Andrew's churchyard (3.9 km).

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Overview
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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
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Local Names
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Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Binham Priory
2.2 km
Binham village cross
2.6 km
Cross in St Andrew's churchyard
3.9 km
Medieval settlement 370m north of Grove Farm
4.1 km
Heydon Hall, Saxlingham (near Holt)
5 km
Moated site 240m south west of Whey Curd Farm
5.2 km
Hindringham Hall moated site with adjacent fishponds
5.5 km
The Carr moated site, Bale
6.3 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Cockthorpe village cross, 200m east of All Saints' Church

Cockthorpe village cross, 200m east of All Saints' Church stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

Domesday entry for Thorpe, Norfolk →
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