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Standing cross base near the junction of Church Lane and Woodhouse Lane, 600m NNW of New Hall Farm is a medieval stone monument consisting of the base and lower shaft of a cross that survives in situ in Cheshire. The monument dates to the medieval period, though the precise century of its erection cannot be determined from the surviving structure alone. Such crosses served important functions within medieval communities as wayside markers, meeting places, or focal points for parishes and manorial centres. The survival of this base represents a significant fragment of medieval material culture in the Cheshire landscape, preserving evidence of the region's religious and social organisation during the medieval era.
Standing cross base near the junction of Church Lane and Woodhouse Lane, 600m NNW of New Hall Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1013783. View the official record →
Standing cross base near the junction of Church Lane and Woodhouse Lane, 600m NNW of New Hall Farm is a medieval stone monument consisting of the base and lower shaft of a cross that survives in situ in Cheshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1013783.
Standing cross base near the junction of Church Lane and Woodhouse Lane, 600m NNW of New Hall Farm 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 1013783.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cross in the churchyard of the Church of St James (0.8 km), Gawsworth Hall gardens (0.8 km), Round cairn 200m south-west of Sutton Hall (3.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Standing cross base near the junction of Church Lane and Woodhouse Lane, 600m NNW of New Hall Farm'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.
Standing cross base near the junction of Church Lane and Woodhouse Lane, 600m NNW of New Hall Farm stands on Triassic Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Triassic. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.