Category: Landmarks

Landmarks are those upstanding features which can’t be classed as a building. Examples include crosses, gravestones, burial chambers, obelisks, signposts and postboxes.

Much Woolton Cross

October 23, 2014 by Martin Greaney | Leave a Comment

Woolton Cross was put up at the northern end of the original village in around 1350. A second cross, Hunt’s Cross, was erected at the southern end of the township,... read more

Hunt’s Cross

October 23, 2014 by Martin Greaney | Leave a Comment

From The Ancient Crosses of Lancashire by Henry Taylor: The words “pedestal of stone cross” occur on the 1848 six-inch ordnance map at “Hunt’s Cross,” close to Hunt’s Cross Station,... read more

Garston Village Cross

October 23, 2014 by Martin Greaney | 2 Comments on Garston Village Cross

From The Ancient Crosses of Lancashire by Henry Taylor: Mr. Cox writes: “The other cross stood below the rock on which was built Garston Hall at the head of the... read more

Everton Cross

October 23, 2014 by Martin Greaney | Leave a Comment

From The Ancient Crosses of Lancashire by Henry Taylor: A water-colour drawing in the Binns Collection shows this cross in an open space near a cottage. A church appears in... read more

Childwall Cross

October 23, 2014 by Martin Greaney | Leave a Comment

From The Ancient Crosses of Lancashire by Henry Taylor: The word “cross” in Gothic letters appears on the 1848 map one and a half miles east of Wavertree. Mr. Cox... read more

Everton Well

October 23, 2014 by Martin Greaney | Leave a Comment

From The Ancient Crosses of Lancashire by Henry Taylor: Mr. Hope writes in his Legendary Lore of the Holy Wells of England: “There is a well here which has the... read more

S. Mary’s Well, Allerton

March 16, 2014 by Martin Greaney | Leave a Comment

From The Ancient Crosses of Lancashire by Henry Taylor: This holy well is referred to in the following terms in the Chartulary of Cockersand Abbey:- Grant in frankalmoign from Robert,... read more

Walton-on-the-Hill Village Cross and Stocks

March 16, 2014 by Martin Greaney | Leave a Comment

From The Ancient Crosses of Lancashire by Henry Taylor: In the Binns Collection, vol. ii., p. 26, an illustration is given of this structure, consisting of a classical pillar carried... read more

Wavertree Cross and Well

March 16, 2014 by Martin Greaney | Leave a Comment

Wavertree Cross, and the well it covers, can be found close to the village green. This is an important junction around which Wavertree probably grew up. The village’s green is... read more

Walton-on-the-Hill Churchyard Cross

March 16, 2014 by Martin Greaney | Leave a Comment

From The Ancient Crosses of Lancashire by Henry Taylor: The pedestal of this cross was dug up by the gravedigger a few years ago and has been left above ground... read more