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Mabs Cross is a wayside cross located in Lancashire, England, situated on Standishgate approximately twenty metres west of Mabs Cross School. The monument dates to the medieval period and represents a type of marker common to Lancashire's landscape, functioning as a waypoint or boundary marker along established routes. The cross survives as a stone structure, though like many such monuments it has undergone repair and reconstruction over the centuries. Its presence reflects the importance of processional and commercial routes through the region during the medieval and early modern periods.
Mabs Cross on Standishgate, 20m west of Mabs Cross School building is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1014719. View the official record →
Mabs Cross is a wayside cross located in Lancashire, England, situated on Standishgate approximately twenty metres west of Mabs Cross School. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1014719.
Mabs Cross on Standishgate, 20m west of Mabs Cross School building 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 1014719.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Haigh Sough mine drainage portal, 310m west of Park House (1.1 km), The Moat House moated site 600m WNW of St David's Church (3.2 km), Cross base on Standish Wood Lane 700m south east of Standish Hall (3.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Mabs Cross on Standishgate, 20m west of Mabs Cross School building'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.
Mabs Cross on Standishgate, 20m west of Mabs Cross School building 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.