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The village cross at the junction of Church Street and Cross Street in Leicestershire is a medieval monument of the type commonly erected in English villages during the fourteenth to sixteenth centuries. Such crosses typically served as focal points for community life, functioning as gathering places for markets, proclamations, and social assembly. The physical structure would have originally comprised a stone base and shaft, though its present condition and any surviving architectural details would reflect subsequent repairs and modifications over several centuries. As a scheduled ancient monument, it represents an important surviving example of vernacular medieval civic infrastructure within the Leicestershire landscape.
Village cross at junction of Church Street and Cross Street is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1014518. View the official record →
The village cross at the junction of Church Street and Cross Street in Leicestershire is a medieval monument of the type commonly erected in English villages during the fourteenth to sixteenth centuries. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1014518.
Village cross at junction of Church Street and Cross Street 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 1014518.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including All Saints' Church, Dishley (1.5 km), Moated site with fishpond at Long Whatton (2.3 km), Cistercian abbey and mansion, with fishpond and mound at Garendon (2.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Village cross at junction of Church Street and Cross Street'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.
Village cross at junction of Church Street and Cross Street stands on Triassic Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Triassic. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.