Crosses

Although the symbol itself is a pre-christian one, relics of old stone crosses which scatter Britain in huge numbers, generally relate to a period in British history when the christian cult was sweeping the landscape and affecting the lives of the indigenous people.  The stone crosses we find today as archaeological relics, tended to be positioned where earlier heathen sites were found – and as a result of this, we think it important to include them on TNA.  These stone relics took various forms, each relating to the function of the site it meant to supplant or impress: market crosses, boundary crosses, village crosses, wayside crosses, etc.

CROSSES:  Bibliography & References

  1. Abel Cross, Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire
  2. Acrehowe Cross, Baildon Moor, West Yorkshire
  3. Adam’s Cross, Saddleworth Moor, Lancashire
  4. Adamnan’s Cross, Camusvrachan, Glen Lyon, Perthshire
  5. Annel Cross, Twiston, Lancashire
  6. Annot Cross, Lane Bottom, Brierfield, Lancashire
  7. Banbury Cross, Banbury, Oxfordshire
  8. Bingley Cross, West Yorkshire
  9. Black Knoll Cross, Morton Moor, West Yorkshire
  10. Blacko Cross, Barrowford, Lancashire
  11. Bread Cross, Banbury, Oxfordshire
  12. Butt Yeats Cross, Hornby, Lancashire
  13. Catshaw Cross, Thurlstone, South Yorkshire
  14. Church Cross, Newchurch-in-Pendle, Lancashire
  15. Churchyard Cross, Prestbury, Lancashire
  16. Cowper’s Cross, Ilkley Moor, West Yorkshire
  17. Corwen, Denbighshire, Wales
  18. Cowcliffe Cross, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire
  19. Curwen Hall Cross, Hornby, Lancashire
  20. Deighton Cross, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire
  21. Dull, Aberfeldy, Perthshire
  22. Duncroisk Crosses Stone, Glen Lochay, Killin, Perthshire
  23. Dyke Nook Cross, Clitheroe, Lancashire
  24. East Riddlesden, Keighley, West Yorkshire
  25. Eastwoods Cross Base, Summerbridge , North Yorkshire
  26. Emmott Cross, Colne, Lancashire
  27. Exley Head Cross, Keighley, West Yorkshire
  28. Eyam Cross, Eyam, Derbyshire
  29. Fairy Hill Cross, Rishworth Moor, West Yorkshire
  30. Fearby Cross, Masham, North Yorkshire
  31. Foldys Cross, Towneley, Burnley, Lancashire
  32. Golcar Cross, West Yorkshire
  33. Greystone Cross, Blacko, Barrowford, Lancashire
  34. Grimeford Cross, Adlington, Lancashire
  35. Handsome Cross, High Bradfield, South Yorkshire
  36. Hangman’s Bank, Preston, Lancashire
  37. Hawk Hill, Alloa, Clackmannanshire
  38. Headless Cross, Grimeford, Adlington, Lancashire - see Grimeford Cross
  39. Hebden Wood Cross, Slack, Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire
  40. Herders Cross, Wycoller, Lancashire
  41. High Cross, Shrewsbury, Shropshire
  42. Idol Cross, Cornholme - see Mount Cross
  43. Ilkley Crosses, West Yorkshire
  44. Keighley Cross, West Yorkshire - see Market Cross, Keighley
  45. Laycock Cross, Keighley, West Yorkshire
  46. Lilla Cross, Fylingdales Moor, North Yorkshire
  47. Maen Achwyfan, Whitford, Flintshire 
  48. Maiden or Tailor’s Cross, Foulridge, Lancashire
  49. Market Cross, Bradford, West Yorkshire
  50. Market Cross, Glastonbury, Somerset
  51. Market Cross, Highburton, West Yorkshire
  52. Market Cross, Kincardine, Fife
  53. Market Cross, Keighley, West Yorkshire
  54. Market Cross, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire
  55. Market Cross, Thornton-le-Dale, North Yorkshire
  56. Marsden Heights Cross, Nelson, Lancashire
  57. Marsh Cross, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire
  58. Mercat Cross, Doune, Stirlingshire
  59. Mitton Church Cross, Great Mitton, Lancashire
  60. Mitton Green, Great Mitton, Lancashire
  61. Mount Cross, Cornholme, West Yorkshire
  62. Netherurd Mains, Kirkurd, Peeblesshire
  63. Nick o’ Pendle Cross, Sabden, Lancashire
  64. Old Market Cross, Sedbergh, Cumbria
  65. Oxenhope Cross, West Yorkshire
  66. Pendle Cross, Newchurch-in-Pendle, Lancashire
  67. Pillar of Eliseg, Pentrefelin, Llangollen, Denbighshire
  68. Plague Stone, Adel, Leeds, West Yorkshire
  69. Ralph’s Cross, Westerdale Moor, North Yorkshire
  70. Ratten Clough Cross, Emmot Moor, Lancashire
  71. Rocester Church Cross, Staffordshire
  72. St. James Church, Burton-in-Kendal, Cumbria
  73. St. Peter’s Cross, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire
  74. Salford Cross, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire
  75. Shay Cross, Wiswell, Lancashire
  76. Slaithwaite Cross, West Yorkshire
  77. Stump Cross, Haworth, West Yorkshire
  78. Swastika Stone, Kirkurd - see Netherurd Mains, Peeblesshire
  79. Swinden Cross, Foulridge, Colne, Lancashire
  80. Thursday Market Cross, York, North Yorkshire
  81. Upper Cross, Newchurch-in-Pendle, Lancashire
  82. Water Sheddles Cross, Oakworth Moor, West Yorkshire
  83. Whalley Crosses, Lancashire
  84. White Cross, Banbury, Oxfordshire
  85. Withgill Cross, Great Mitton, Lancashire

© Paul Bennett, The Northern Antiquarian