Monument record 551 - Bradley Cross

"Crux de Braddelegh" mentioned in 1386. The cross is lost. It was mentioned in the deposition of John de Massey in the case of Scrope versus Grosvenor 1386. It bore the challenged arms of grosvenor for 26 years and stood beside the highway from Warrington Lane to Knutsford probably at SJ658847, where Grappenhall, Lymm and Appleton meet and where the line of Cliff Lane meets an old line of paths (1).

<1> Dodgson J McN, 1970-2, 1981, The Place-Names of Cheshire, 2/143 1970 (Book). SCH3228.

<2> National Museums & Galleries on Merseyside, 1993, Greater Manchester Western & Northern Relief Road - M56-M62 Archaeological Assessment Report, R2033/187 (Client Report). SCH1269.

<3> Ordnance Survey, 1870-1982, Ordnance Survey Archaeological Record Card, SJ68SE7 1980 (Index). SCH2487.

<4> Chester Courant, 1878-1990, The Cheshire Sheaf, 3/156/cf I 44 XI Bennett J H E 1913 (Newspaper-Magazine). SCH3105.