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Scarisbrick Park wayside cross is a medieval stone cross located in Lancashire, England. The monument survives as a fragmentary example of the wayside crosses that once marked routes and boundaries throughout the English countryside during the medieval period. Such crosses typically served functions relating to waymarking, preaching, or local significance within their communities. The site is recorded as a scheduled ancient monument under list entry 1009492, reflecting its value as a surviving example of medieval religious or civic infrastructure in the Lancashire landscape.
Scarisbrick Park wayside cross is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009492. View the official record →
Scarisbrick Park wayside cross is a medieval stone cross located in Lancashire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009492.
Scarisbrick Park wayside cross 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 1009492.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Scarisbrick Park holy well (0 km), Moated site of Scarisbrick Hall. (0.9 km), Halsall medieval rectory (2.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Scarisbrick Park wayside cross'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.
Scarisbrick Park wayside cross stands on Triassic Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Triassic. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.