John Cross is a Grade II listed building in the North York Moors National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 July 1989. Cross, boundary marker.
John Cross
- WRENN ID
- unlit-flue-rush
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North York Moors National Park
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 July 1989
- Type
- Cross, boundary marker
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
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NZ 90 SW 900027 10/157
SNEATON SHOOTING HOUSE RIGG John Cross
II Wayside cross and boundary marker. Medieval socket stone and C18 boundary stone. Hollowed rectangular socket stone. Boundary stone with initial 'C' inscribed on east face replaces cross shaft and is now recumbent. John Cross was located between a bog and a steep slope, and was one of a series of waymarkers on the old road from Whitby to Pickering via Red Gate and May Beck. Possibly named after John de Steyngrave, Abbot of Whitby 1245-1258.
M.Boyes, The Crosses Walk, p.69; T.H.Woodwark, The Crosses on the North York Moors, pp.11, 19.
Listing NGR: NZ9000702699
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