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Eccles Cross is a wayside cross located in Derbyshire, England, and represents a form of public monument common to medieval England. The cross dates to the medieval period and would have served functions including waymarking for travellers and possibly as a gathering point for the local community. The surviving structure demonstrates the characteristic form of such monuments, standing as a testament to medieval religious and social practices in rural areas. The cross remains an important record of medieval settlement patterns and communication networks in the Derbyshire landscape.
Wayside cross known as Eccles Cross is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1012159. View the official record →
Eccles Cross is a wayside cross located in Derbyshire, England, and represents a form of public monument common to medieval England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1012159.
Wayside cross known as Eccles Cross 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 1012159.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Tup Low bowl barrow (6.7 km), Standing cross known as Wheston Cross (8.1 km), Anglian high cross in St Laurence's churchyard (8.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Wayside cross known as Eccles Cross'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 known as Eccles Cross stands on Bowland High Group And Craven Group (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Bashkirian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.