Crosses

Although the symbol itself is pre-christian, relics of old stone crosses that scatter Britain, generally relate to a period in history when the christian cult was sweeping the landscape and afflicting the lives of indigenous people.  The archaeological stone crosses that remain tended to be positioned where earlier heathen sites were found – and as a result of this, it’s important to include them on TNA as relics marking an attempt to alter human animistic relationships with the land, to an increasingly desacralized one.  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. Abbey Cross, Whitby, North Yorkshire
  2. Abel Cross, Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire
  3. Acrehowe Cross, Baildon Moor, West Yorkshire
  4. Adam’s Cross, Saddleworth Moor, Lancashire
  5. Adamnan’s Cross, Camusvrachan, Glen Lyon, Perthshire
  6. Annel Cross, Twiston, Lancashire
  7. Annot Cross, Lane Bottom, Brierfield, Lancashire
  8. Apeland Cross, Hedon, East Yorkshire
  9. Atis Cross, Flint, Flintshire
  10. Banbury Cross, Banbury, Oxfordshire
  11. Barley Cross, Richmond, North Yorkshire
  12. Barton Cross, Barton, Lancashire
  13. Bingley Cross, West Yorkshire
  14. Black Knoll Cross, Morton Moor, West Yorkshire
  15. Blacko Cross, Barrowford, Lancashire
  16. Boskenna Cross, St. Buryan, Cornwall
  17. Bradshaw Cross, Nether Wyresdale, Lancashire
  18. Bread Cross, Banbury, Oxfordshire
  19. Broken Cross, Westminster, London, Middlesex
  20. Butt Yeats Cross, Hornby, Lancashire
  21. Butter Cross, Richmond, North Yorkshire
  22. Byrnand Hall Cross, Knaresborough, North Yorkshire
  23. Catshaw Cross, Thurlstone, South Yorkshire
  24. Church Cross, Newchurch-in-Pendle, Lancashire
  25. Churchyard Cross, Hornsea – East Yorkshire
  26. Churchyard Cross, Lower Dowdeswell, Gloucestershire
  27. Churchyard Cross, Prestbury, Lancashire
  28. Churchyard Cross, St. Briavel’s, Gloucestershire
  29. Coombe Hill Cross, Wycoller, Lancashire
  30. Corwen, Denbighshire, Wales
  31. Cow Cross, Finsbury, London, Middlesex
  32. Cow and Calf Stones, East Bierley, West Yorkshire
  33. Cowcliffe Cross, Fartown, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire
  34. Cowper’s Cross, Ilkley Moor, West Yorkshire
  35. The Cross, Gussage All Saints, Dorset
  36. Cross Gates Cross, Slaidburn, Lancashire
  37. Crowan, Kerrier, Cornwall
  38. Curwen Hall Cross, Hornby, Lancashire
  39. Dawes Cross, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
  40. Deighton Cross, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire
  41. Dull, Aberfeldy, Perthshire
  42. Duncroisk Crosses Stone, Glen Lochay, Killin, Perthshire
  43. Dyke Nook Cross, Clitheroe, Lancashire
  44. East Riddlesden, Keighley, West Yorkshire
  45. Eastwoods Cross Base, Summerbridge , North Yorkshire
  46. Eaves Green Cross, Goosnargh, Lancashire
  47. Emmott Cross, Colne, Lancashire
  48. Exley Head Cross, Keighley, West Yorkshire
  49. Eyam Cross, Eyam, Derbyshire
  50. Fairy Hill Cross, Rishworth Moor, West Yorkshire
  51. Fearby Cross, Masham, North Yorkshire
  52. Foldys Cross, Towneley, Burnley, Lancashire
  53. Golcar Cross, West Yorkshire
  54. Great Puddingstone Cross, Harrogate, North Yorkshire
  55. Greystone Cross, Blacko, Barrowford, Lancashire
  56. Grimeford Cross, Adlington, Lancashire
  57. Handsome Cross, High Bradfield, South Yorkshire
  58. Hangman’s Bank, Preston, Lancashire
  59. Hawk Hill, Alloa, Clackmannanshire
  60. Headless Cross, Grimeford, Adlington, Lancashire – see Grimeford Cross
  61. Hebden Wood Cross, Slack, Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire
  62. Herders Cross, Wycoller, Lancashire
  63. High Cross, Aberford, West Yorkshire
  64. High Cross, Elkstone, Gloucestershire
  65. High Cross, Shrewsbury, Shropshire
  66. High Cross, Tottenham, London, Middlesex
  67. Hill Chapel Cross, Goosnargh, Lancashire
  68. Idol Cross, Cornholme – see Mount Cross
  69. Ilkley Crosses, West Yorkshire
  70. Keighley Cross, West Yorkshire – see Market Cross, Keighley
  71. Kilnsea Cross, Hedon, East Yorkshire
  72. Laycock Cross, Keighley, West Yorkshire
  73. Lilla Cross, Fylingdales Moor, North Yorkshire
  74. Lytham Cross, Lytham, Lancashire
  75. Maen Achwyfan, Whitford, Flintshire 
  76. Maiden or Tailor’s Cross, Foulridge, Lancashire
  77. Market Cross, Aynho, Northamptonshire
  78. Market Cross, Baildon, West Yorkshire
  79. Market Cross, Bradford, West Yorkshire,
  80. Market Cross, Elstow, Bedfordshire 
  81. Market Cross, Glanton, Northumberland
  82. Market Cross, Glastonbury, Somerset
  83. Market Cross, Halesowen, Worcestershire
  84. Market Cross, Harewood, West Yorkshire
  85. Market Cross, Hastings, Sussex
  86. Market Cross, Hedon, East Yorkshire
  87. Market Cross, Highburton, West Yorkshire
  88. Market Cross, Kincardine, Fife
  89. Market Cross, Keighley, West Yorkshire
  90. Market Cross, Lechlade-on-Thames, Gloucestershire
  91. Market Cross, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire
  92. Market Cross, Poulton-le-Fylde, Lancashire
  93. Market Cross, Richmond, North Yorkshire
  94. Market Cross, Skipton, North Yorkshire
  95. Market Cross, Thornton-le-Dale, North Yorkshire
  96. Marsden Heights Cross, Nelson, Lancashire
  97. Marsh Cross, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire
  98. Maudlin Cross, Hedon, East Yorkshire
  99. Mercat Cross, Alloa – see Town Cross
  100. Mercat Cross, Clackmannan, Clackmannanshire
  101. Mercat Cross, Doune, Stirlingshire
  102. Mercat Cross, Stirling, Stirlingshire
  103. Mitton Church Cross, Great Mitton, Lancashire
  104. Mitton Green, Great Mitton, Lancashire
  105. Mount Cross, Cornholme, West Yorkshire
  106. Netherurd Mains, Kirkurd, Peeblesshire
  107. Nick o’ Pendle Cross, Sabden, Lancashire
  108. Oat Cross, Richmond, North Yorkshire
  109. Old Market Cross, Sedbergh, Cumbria
  110. Oxenhope Cross, West Yorkshire
  111. Pendle Cross, Newchurch-in-Pendle, Lancashire
  112. Pillar of Eliseg, Pentrefelin, Llangollen, Denbighshire
  113. Plague Stone, Adel, Leeds, West Yorkshire
  114. Port Cross, Port of Menteith, Stirlingshire
  115. Ralph’s Cross, Westerdale Moor, North Yorkshire
  116. Ratten Clough Cross, Emmott Moor, Lancashire
  117. Reap’s Cross, Heptonstall Moor, West Yorkshire
  118. Reva Hill, Hawksworth, West Yorkshire
  119. Rocester Church Cross, Staffordshire
  120. St. Andrew’s Cross, Dunfermline, Fife
  121. St. Fumack’s Cross, Botriphnie, Banffshire
  122. St. James Church, Burton-in-Kendal, Cumbria
  123. St. James’ Cross, Barton-upon-Humber, Lincolnshire
  124. St. Paul’s Cross, London, Middlesex
  125. St. Peter’s Cross, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire
  126. Salford Cross, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire
  127. Sepulchre Cross, Hedon, East Yorkshire
  128. Shay Cross, Wiswell, Lancashire
  129. Slaithwaite Cross, West Yorkshire
  130. Stob Cross, Markinch, Fife
  131. Stockham Cross, Hedon, East Yorkshire
  132. Strand Cross, Westminster, London, Middlesex
  133. Stump Cross, Goosnargh, Lancashire
  134. Stump Cross, Haworth, West Yorkshire
  135. Stump’s Cross, Temple Guiting, Gloucestershire
  136. Swastika Stone, Kirkurd – see Netherurd Mains, Peeblesshire
  137. Swinden Cross, Foulridge, Colne, Lancashire
  138. Thursday Market Cross, York, North Yorkshire
  139. Tom Cross, Colne, Lancashire
  140. Tom Cross, Laneshaw Bridge, Lancashire
  141. Town Cross, Alloa, Clackmannanshire
  142. Town Cross, Kendal, Westmorland
  143. Twiers Cross, Hedon, East Yorkshire
  144. Upper Cross, Newchurch-in-Pendle, Lancashire
  145. Village Cross, Deerhurst, Gloucestershire
  146. Village Cross, Leighterton, Gloucestershire
  147. Village Cross, Powerstock, Dorset
  148. Water Sheddles Cross, Oakworth Moor, West Yorkshire
  149. Wayside Cross, Hornsea, East Yorkshire
  150. Whalley Crosses, Lancashire
  151. Wheat Cross, Richmond, North Yorkshire
  152. White Cross, Banbury, Oxfordshire
  153. Withgill Cross, Great Mitton, Lancashire