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High Cross is a wayside cross located on Kirkgate Lane north of Appleton-le-Moors in North Yorkshire. The monument dates to the medieval period and stands as evidence of the religious and communal infrastructure that characterised rural Yorkshire during the Middle Ages. The cross comprises a stone shaft mounted on a stepped base, typical of wayside crosses that served as waymarkers, gathering points, and focal points for Christian devotion in the medieval landscape. Such structures were common features along routes through moorland and agricultural areas, often marking parish boundaries or routes to significant settlements and ecclesiastical centres.
High Cross wayside cross on Kirkgate Lane, north of Appleton-le-Moors is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1012887. View the official record →
High Cross is a wayside cross located on Kirkgate Lane north of Appleton-le-Moors in North Yorkshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1012887.
High Cross wayside cross on Kirkgate Lane, north of Appleton-le-Moors 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 1012887.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Low Cross, a reused standing stone on Kirkgate Lane in Appleton-le-Moors (0.4 km), Nutholm cross dyke, 100m south of Appleton Mill Farm (1.5 km), The Old Hall, 50m north west of All Saints Church (2.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of High Cross wayside cross on Kirkgate Lane, north of Appleton-le-Moors'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.
High Cross wayside cross on Kirkgate Lane, north of Appleton-le-Moors stands on Corallian Group, bedrock that formed in the Oxfordian. The rock here is limestone, sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.