Monument record 82 - Simm's Cross

Placename of Simm's Cross is shown on OS maps of 1842 and 1893. Possible site of a standing cross. Standing Crosses are usually of stone and date from the medieval period, mid 10th to mid 16th centuries AD. They served a variety of purposes from places of prayer and pilgrimage to sites of public proclamation. At one time there were over 12,000 of these crosses throughout Britain but many were destroyed during the reformation.