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Wayside cross at Howbrook crossroads is a medieval stone cross located in Yorkshire, England. The monument represents a type of wayside marker that was commonly erected at road junctions and boundaries during the medieval period, serving both practical and spiritual functions for travellers and the local community. The cross survives as a testament to medieval religious devotion and the importance of these landmarks in the landscape of the period.
Wayside cross at Howbrook crossroads is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1011757. View the official record →
Wayside cross at Howbrook crossroads is a medieval stone cross located in Yorkshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1011757.
Wayside cross at Howbrook crossroads 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 1011757.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Wayside and boundary cross on the south side of Elliott Lane (3.7 km), Romano-British field system and settlement at Wheata Wood (3.8 km), Willow Garth moated site and fishpond, Ecclesfield (4.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Wayside cross at Howbrook crossroads'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.
Wayside cross at Howbrook crossroads stands on Pennine Lower Coal Measures Formation And South Wales Lower Coal Measures Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Westphalian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, sandstone, coal, ironstone and ferricrete.