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Village cross with sundial and stocks

England
List entry 1013299
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1013299
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.01 hectares
Grid reference
SE 28397 60516
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Village cross with sundial and stocks is a multi-functional community monument located in Yorkshire, England. The structure combines three distinct elements typical of English village centres: a market or parish cross, a sundial mounted upon it, and stocks for the punishment or restraint of offenders. Such composite monuments served important administrative and social functions from the medieval period onwards, with the stocks element typically dating from the early modern period. The surviving structure represents the practical arrangement of village authority and social order that characterised English settlements from at least the sixteenth century through the eighteenth century.

Village cross with sundial and stocks is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1013299. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Village cross with sundial and stocks?

Village cross with sundial and stocks is a multi-functional community monument located in Yorkshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1013299.

Who is responsible for protecting Village cross with sundial and stocks?

Village cross with sundial and stocks 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 1013299.

What other scheduled monuments are near Village cross with sundial and stocks?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cross base in All Saints' churchyard (0.1 km), Ripley Park cross (1.2 km), Cistercian grange and medieval settlement at High Cayton (2.5 km).

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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.
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Cross base in All Saints' churchyard
0.1 km
Ripley Park cross
1.2 km
Cistercian grange and medieval settlement at High Cayton
2.5 km
Wallerthwaite medieval village
4.4 km
Round barrow 250m west of Wallerthwaite
4.5 km
New Bridge
4.8 km
Site of medieval chapel and section of Fountains Park park pale, 170m south west of How Hill Farm
6.6 km
Markenfield Hall moated medieval fortified house with associated service buildings and park pale
7 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Village cross with sundial and stocks

Village cross with sundial and stocks stands on Millstone Grit Group [See Also Migr], bedrock that formed in the Namurian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.

The wider landscape

Around Village cross with sundial and stocks

AldboroughRoman town · ~8.4 milesYorkRoman town · ~20.4 milesCatterickRoman town · ~24.3 milesBattle of Boroughbridge (1322)Battle (1322) · ~8.2 milesBattle of Myton 1319Battle (1319) · ~10.1 milesBattle of Marston Moor 1644Battle (1644) · ~13.3 milesBattle of Towton, 1461Battle (1461) · ~18.5 miles
Domesday entry for Ripley, Yorkshire →
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