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The Wayside cross at the junction of Boundary Road and Drayton High Road is a medieval stone cross located in Norfolk, England. The monument survives as a substantial upright stone structure typical of wayside crosses erected during the medieval period, which commonly marked roads, boundaries, and routes of religious or secular importance. Such crosses served practical functions as waymarkers and gathering points within rural communities, and their survival into the present day provides evidence of medieval settlement patterns and communication routes in Norfolk. The site's designation as an ancient monument recognises its archaeological and historical value as a record of medieval activity and landscape organisation.
Wayside cross at the junction of Boundary Road and Drayton High Road is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1018303. View the official record →
The Wayside cross at the junction of Boundary Road and Drayton High Road is a medieval stone cross located in Norfolk, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1018303.
Wayside cross at the junction of Boundary Road and Drayton High Road 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 1018303.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Late Neolithic or Bronze Age Henge type monument and D shaped enclosure 300m west of Twins Farm (6.2 km), Two tumuli in Big Wood (6.6 km), Barrow cemetery 450m N of Markshall Farm (6.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Wayside cross at the junction of Boundary Road and Drayton High Road'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 the junction of Boundary Road and Drayton High Road stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.