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Village cross at junction of Grantham Road and Market Street is a medieval market cross located in Leicestershire. The structure dates from the medieval period and served as a focal point for commercial and community activity within the village settlement. Market crosses of this type functioned as gathering places where goods were traded and official proclamations were made to the assembled populace. The monument remains an important record of medieval village planning and the organization of local commerce in the English countryside.
Village cross at junction of Grantham Road and Market Street is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1017494. View the official record →
Village cross at junction of Grantham Road and Market Street is a medieval market cross located in Leicestershire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1017494.
Village cross at junction of Grantham Road and Market 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 1017494.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Fleming's Bridge (0.2 km), Shifted medieval village earthworks and moat at Easthorpe (0.5 km), Moated grange with fishpond at Muston (2.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Village cross at junction of Grantham Road and Market 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 Grantham Road and Market Street stands on Lias Group, bedrock that formed in the Aalenian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, limestone and sandstone.