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Lady Cross is a wayside cross located in Yorkshire, north of the A171 road near the Barnby turn-off. The monument dates to the medieval period and stands as evidence of the network of crosses that once marked routes and served devotional purposes across the English landscape. The cross survives as a stone structure typical of wayside crosses found in northern England, which commonly functioned as waymarks, meeting points, and sites of religious significance during the Middle Ages. Such crosses formed an important part of the medieval infrastructure, facilitating both practical navigation and spiritual observance along established pathways.
Lady Cross wayside cross, north of the A171 and 20m west of the Barnby turn-off is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009848. View the official record →
Lady Cross is a wayside cross located in Yorkshire, north of the A171 road near the Barnby turn-off. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009848.
Lady Cross wayside cross, north of the A171 and 20m west of the Barnby turn-off 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 1009848.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cairns on In Moor, Struntry Carr (5.4 km), Allan Tofts cairnfield, field system, burial cairns and prehistoric rock art, immediately south of Morton Close (5.7 km), Enclosure on In Moor, Struntry Carr (5.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Lady Cross wayside cross, north of the A171 and 20m west of the Barnby turn-off'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.
Lady Cross wayside cross, north of the A171 and 20m west of the Barnby turn-off stands on Ravenscar Group, bedrock that formed in the Bathonian. The rock here is sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.