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The Butter Cross is a market cross located in Staffordshire, England. As a structure of this type, it would have served as a focal point for commercial activity and community gathering in its locality, typical of crosses erected in medieval and early modern periods to facilitate the sale of dairy products and other goods. The monument is designated as a heritage asset, reflecting its archaeological and historical importance to the understanding of local settlement patterns and economic activity. Such crosses represent significant evidence of the development of market infrastructure in the English countryside during the medieval period and beyond.
The Butter Cross, 650m west of Lowerhouse Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1012665. View the official record →
The Butter Cross is a market cross located in Staffordshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1012665.
The Butter Cross, 650m west of Lowerhouse 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 1012665.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Churchyard cross, St Edward's churchyard (1.8 km), Egg Well (2.4 km), Consall Lime Kilns (3.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of The Butter Cross, 650m west of Lowerhouse 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.
The Butter Cross, 650m west of Lowerhouse Farm stands on Triassic Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Triassic. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.