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Category Archives: Lancashire
Hill Chapel Cross, Horns Lane, Goosnargh, Lancashire
Wayside Cross : OS Grid Reference – SD 57273 38505 Also Known as: Historic England Monument No. 42648 Getting Here The Cross base is situated in a thick hedgerow on the east side of Horns Lane, opposite St Francis’ Hill … Continue reading
Posted in Brigantia (Northern England), Crosses, Lancashire
Tagged ancient monuments, ancient sites, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Brigantia, Crosses, England, english heritage, Goosnargh, Hill Chapel, Horns Lane Goosnargh, Inglewhite, Lancashire, Longridge, medieval history, St Francis Hill Chapel, wayside crosses
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Holy Well, Didsbury, Manchester, Lancashire
Holy Well (destroyed?): OS Grid Reference — SJ 84596 90400 Archaeology & History In Henry Taylor’s gigantic survey on the Ancient Crosses and Holy Wells of Lancashire (1906), he told that “records of the existence of holy wells in this (district) are scanty … Continue reading
Posted in Brigantia (Northern England), Holy Wells, Lancashire
Tagged antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Cheadle, Didsbury, earth mysteries, England, english heritage, folklore, Gatley, healing springs, Holy Wells, Lancashire, legends, Manchester, medieval history, sacred sites, traditions, water
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Lytham Cross, Lytham, Lancashire
Wayside Cross: OS Grid Reference – SD 3603 2718 Getting Here The cross is situated in a small railed enclosure adjoining the pavement on the North side of Church Road on the west side of Lytham, opposite Lowther Gardens. Archaeology … Continue reading
Stump Cross, Goosnargh, Lancashire
Wayside Cross: OS Grid Reference – SD 57287 37421 Also Known as: Historic England Grade II Listed Building No. 1165108 Getting Here The cross is situated on the verge at the west side of the B5269 road near its junction … Continue reading
Posted in Brigantia (Northern England), Crosses, Lancashire
Tagged Agrimensores, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Crosses, England, english heritage, Goosnargh, Grimsargh, Hundred of Amounderness, Lancashire, Longridge, medieval history, Preston, Reverend Richard Wilkinson, Roman Survey, Romans, Wayside cross, Whittingham
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Robin Hood’s Well, Higham, Lancashire
Sacred Well: OS Grid Reference – SD 81755 35151 Archaeology & History On the north-side of the River Calder, a short distance above the riverbank below Pendle Hall—as shown on the earliest OS-map of the area, but without a name—the local … Continue reading
Posted in Brigantia (Northern England), Holy Wells, Lancashire
Tagged antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Burnley, curing, earth mysteries, english heritage, folk traditions, healing wells, Higham, Holy Wells, Hunterholme, Lancashire, medicine, Padiham, Pendle, Pendle Forest, Robin Hood, sacred sites, water
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Spurn Clough, Fence, Higham, Lancashire
Standing Stone: OS Grid Reference – SD 8249 3685 Archaeology & History Following a request to see if anyone could locate a lost standing stone in Fence (in the Forest of Pendle) not far from my home, I took up … Continue reading
Eaves Green Cross, near Goosnargh, Lancashire
Cross (ruins): OS Grid Reference – SD 56770 37765 Also Known as: Historic England Monument No. 42651 Getting Here Travelling east out of Goosnargh on the B5269, go straight ahead onto Camforth Hall Lane, follow it northwards and take the … Continue reading
Tom Cross, Colne, Lancashire
Cross: OS Grid Reference – SD 92102 43175 Also Known as: Copy House Cross Getting Here Follow the same directions as if you’re visiting the Dissenter’s Well. The cross stands right next to it! Archaeology & History This is one of … Continue reading
Posted in Brigantia (Northern England), Crosses, Lancashire
Tagged antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, boundaries, Colne, Cowling, Crosses, Earby, earth mysteries, english heritage, Foulridge, Kelbrook, Lancashire, Laneshaw Bridge, medieval history, monoliths, Standing Stones, Yorkshire
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