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Standing cross known as Wheston Cross

England
List entry 1009050
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1009050
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.01 hectares
Grid reference
SK 13194 76438
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Wheston Cross is a standing cross located in Derbyshire, England, dating to the medieval period. The monument survives as a stone cross shaft, representative of the wayside crosses that were common features of the English landscape from the medieval era onwards. Such crosses typically served functional and devotional purposes within their local communities, marking routes, boundaries, or significant gathering points. The cross remains an important archaeological record of medieval material culture and landscape use in the Peak District region.

Standing cross known as Wheston Cross is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009050. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Standing cross known as Wheston Cross?

Wheston Cross is a standing cross located in Derbyshire, England, dating to the medieval period. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009050.

Who is responsible for protecting Standing cross known as Wheston Cross?

Standing cross known as Wheston 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 1009050.

What other scheduled monuments are near Standing cross known as Wheston Cross?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Five Wells chambered tomb (5.5 km), Two bowl barrows on Chelmorton Low (6.1 km), Brushfield Hough bowl barrow (6.6 km).

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Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
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Local Names
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Five Wells chambered tomb
5.5 km
Two bowl barrows on Chelmorton Low
6.1 km
Brushfield Hough bowl barrow
6.6 km
Fin Cop promontory fort, bowl barrow and eighteenth century lime kiln with associated quarry
7 km
Dimin Dale Romano-British settlement and field system, south of Taddington Wood
7.2 km
Nether Low bowl barrow
7.6 km
Bowl barrow north of Manor House
8 km
Bowl barrow west of Manor House
8.3 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Standing cross known as Wheston Cross

Standing cross known as Wheston Cross stands on Unnamed Extrusive Rocks, Carboniferous, bedrock that formed in the Carboniferous. The rock here is mafic lava.

Domesday entry for Wormhill, Derbyshire →
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