Monument record 1240/0/1 - Remains of Cross, St Cross Church, Knutsford

Remains of a cross situated at the W end of St Cross Church. A brass tablet records that the socket stone was found under the surface of the old churchyard in 1846 (1). This may have been the original market cross from which the Cross Town part of Knutsford derived its name (2). Now in porch of St.Cross Church. Late decorated medieval masonry in red sandstone. Now used as holy water stoop and cemented to floor (4).

<1> Ordnance Survey, 1870-1982, Ordnance Survey Archaeological Record Card, SJ77NE10 1982 (Index). SCH2487.

<2> Dodgson J McN, 1970-2, 1981, The Place-Names of Cheshire, 2/73-74 (Y) (Book). SCH3228.

<2> Dodgson J McN, 1970-2, 1981, The Place-Names of Cheshire, vol .II p.73-74 (Book). SCH3228.

<3> Council for British Archaeology, 1980, CBA Group 5 Urban Research Committee Towns and Villages Survey Record Sheet, Cordon M 1980 (Unpublished Report). SCH551.

<4> Various, Various, Oral communication to the HER, Crowe C 1994 (Oral Communication). SCH2330.

<5> Longley D, 1977-1978, Longley Archive, /no.819 (Paper Archive). SCH2005.