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Standing cross St Wilfrid's churchyard

England
List entry 1016854
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1016854
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0 hectares
Grid reference
SJ 79040 80169
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Standing cross St Wilfrid's churchyard is a medieval stone cross located in Cheshire, England. The monument stands within the churchyard of St Wilfrid's Church and represents a type of religious monument characteristic of the medieval period, serving functions both spiritual and communal within parish life. Such standing crosses typically date from the medieval centuries, though precise dating for individual examples often remains uncertain without documentary evidence or stylistic analysis. The cross forms part of the ecclesiastical landscape of Cheshire and contributes to understanding the material culture of medieval religious sites in the region.

Standing cross St Wilfrid's churchyard is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1016854. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Standing cross St Wilfrid's churchyard?

Standing cross St Wilfrid's churchyard is a medieval stone cross located in Cheshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1016854.

Who is responsible for protecting Standing cross St Wilfrid's churchyard?

Standing cross St Wilfrid's churchyard 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 1016854.

What other scheduled monuments are near Standing cross St Wilfrid's churchyard?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Norbury Booths Hall moated site, fishponds and connecting channels. (3.1 km), Chorley Old Hall moated site and four fishponds (5.1 km), Cross at Nether Alderley on the crossroads of Welsh Row and Congleton Road (6.2 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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Literature
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Norbury Booths Hall moated site, fishponds and connecting channels.
3.1 km
Chorley Old Hall moated site and four fishponds
5.1 km
Cross at Nether Alderley on the crossroads of Welsh Row and Congleton Road
6.2 km
Churchyard cross at St Mary's Church
6.5 km
Cross in the churchyard of St Lawrence's Church
6.9 km
Dam and millpond 150m east of Cheersgreen Farm
7.5 km
Two bowl barrows 390m and 320m south-south-west of Home Farm
8 km
Bowl barrow 500m south-south-west of Home Farm
8.1 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Standing cross St Wilfrid's churchyard

Standing cross St Wilfrid's churchyard stands on Triassic Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Triassic. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.

The wider landscape

Around Standing cross St Wilfrid's churchyard

Battle of Winwick (also known as Battle of Red Bank) 1648Battle (1648) · ~14.9 milesBattle of Nantwich 1644Battle (1644) · ~19.2 miles
Domesday entry for Mobberley, Cheshire →
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