Monument record 1438 - Standing cross on Prestbury Rd, 150m SE of Lane End crossroads

<1> Department of the Environment, 1971-2005, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, /5/200 (Report). SCH1934.

Cross on parish boundary 145m south-east of junction with Macclesfield Road. Pre-conquest cross, probably 11th century but moved slightly when road widened c.1935. Buff sandstone. Cross stands c.l.3m high and has a tapering circular shaft with a raised band just above half way. Above this four faces have been cut which may have traces of carving. The top is broken off

<2> Earwaker, J P, 1877-1880, East Cheshire Past & Present, 2/1880/345 (Y) (Book). SCH1080.

Earwaker described the cross as a stone pillar, 6ft high, built into the wall at the side of the road

<3> Lancashire & Cheshire Antiquarian Society, 1883 -, Transactions of the Lancashire & Cheshire Antiquarian Society, 56/119 Green C 1941 (Journal/Periodical). SCH3293.

Described as a 'staff-rood' cross, similar to other crosses dated by Collingwood to the 11th century

<4> Harris, B.E. (ed), 1987, Victoria County History - A History of the County of Chester: Volume I, 1/291 Thacker A 1987 (Book). SCH3556.

Cylindrical cross shaft, c.6ft long, built into stone wall. Similar to 3 cross shafts in Macclesfield Park

<5> Ordnance Survey, 1870-1982, Ordnance Survey Archaeological Record Card, SJ87NE4/1964 (Index). SCH2487.