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Millennium Stone, Danby High Moor

This is a list of standing stones and crosses on the North York Moors in North Yorkshire, England. Standing stones on the moors take many shapes, with most being crosses, and many of these mark boundaries between parishes, though some commemorate people or mythical legends that have grown up around that location.

History

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The North York Moors are said to have moor standing stones and crosses than anywhere else in England, having at least 1,300 crosses with the boundary of the national park.[1] The crosses and stones which adorn the moors can take forms and reasons for their placement. There are preaching crosses, memorial crosses, boundary crosses, way-marker crosses and market crosses.[2]

A Crosses Walk exists covering a circular route some 53 miles (85 km) with Goathland as a start and finishing point. The walk takes in 13 of the stone crosses on the North York Moors.[3] During the 1970s and 1980s, the Scarborough and Ryedale Mountain Rescue Team (SRMRT) hosted a marathon event whereby the walk (or run) was undertaken within 24 hours to provide the SRMRT with much needed funds.[4][5]

Listings

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Standing stones on the North York Moors
Name Location Grid reference[a] Listing[b] Details Ref
Abbey Cross Whitby NZ902113 I Medieval cross which stands on Abbey Plain, the cemetery for Whitby Abbey in Medieval times [6][7]
Ana Cross Rosedale Abbey NZ724938 II Erected to replace the Ain Howe Cross which is now preserved in Lastingham church. The replacement cross was erected in 1949, and repaired in 1998 after damage was incurred in 1995. It is now grade II listed. [8][9]
Ann's Cross Fylingdales Moor NZ878000 II A stone marking the old boundary of Whitby Strand. [10][11]
Black Hill Glaisdale NZ742046 SM [12]
Botton Cross Botton NZ697020
Cockan Cross Bransdale NZ631992 SM [13]
Cooper Cross Sutton Bank NZ515829 SM Remains of a wayside marker at the crossing of a drovers road and the road between Helmsley and the Vale of Mowbray. [14][15]
Donna Cross NZ545034 A boundary stone with initials of two families on the stone [16]
Fat Betty
(White Cross)		 Rosedale NZ682020 The cross stands at the watershed of Rosedale and the Esk Valley to the north [17]
High Cross Appleton-le-Moors NZ734885 II A Medieval cross made of sandstone [18]
Job Cross Castleton NZ686110 The cross here has lost its two arms. One story is that Puritans wanted to still mark the way, but wanted to remove the symbolism. [19]
John Cross Fylingdales Moor NZ900027 [20]
Lilla Cross Goathland NZ889987 SM A cross that marked the meeting point of four Medieval parishes and the meeting of the Old Salt Road and Panniermans Way. [21]
Low Cross Appleton-le-Moors NZ734883 SM Located at the edge of Appleton-le-Moors, this cross has been called Low Cross as it is on the same road to Lastingham as the High Cross which is further north. [22]
Malo Cross Saltergate NZ868949 Originally erected in 1616 nearer to the Whitby to Pickering Road, the cross disappeared in 1870, but was returned in 1920 to its current location. [23]
Margery Stone Rosedale NZ675013 II A 2 metres (6 ft 7 in) high sandstone waymarker, probably Medieval, with the initials TD carved on it (for Thomas Duncombe). The stone also marked the boundary of the Rosedale West, Farndale east and Westerdale parishes. [24][25][26]
Mauley Cross Stape SE796944 SM A cross which marked a bounder of the De mauley family of Mulgrave Castle. The cross is at a height of 825 feet (251 m) on the old road between Pickering and Whitby. [27][28]
Millennium Cross Rosedale NA Erected in the year 2000 to mark the Millennium
Millennium Stone Danby High Moor NZ693013 Erected in February 2000 by the North York Moors Authority,the stone came from a quarry in Spaunton, and was dedicated in a ceremony in May of the same year. Later that year, a palaeontologist contacted the NYMA to inform them that the back of the stone had dinosaur footprints on it. [29][30]
Old Ralph Cross Westerdale NZ675020 II* Erected c. 11th century, of hard gritstone. 200 yards (180 m) west of Young Ralph Cross. [31]
Percy Cross NZ606118
Postgate Cross Fylingdales Moor NZ918043 SM The cross marked the original formation of the old Saltergate path. The name not believed to have a connection with Father Postgate [20][32]
Robinson's Cross Osmotherley NZ486956 A boundary marker on the road between Osmotherley and Hawnby [33][34]
Roppa Cross (North) NZ587930
Roppa Cross (South)
Siss Cross NZ704115
Swart Howe Aislaby NZ841086 [20]
Steeple Cross Kepwick NZ495902 SM The cross marks the junction of Cleave Dyke and a drovers road across the moors. Possibly used by the nuns at Arden. [35][36]
York Cross
(Jack Cross)		 Sneaton NZ878015 SM This cross marked an old route along a whinstone ridge on Fylingdales Moor. [37][38]
Young Ralph Cross Westerdale 54°24′32″N 0°57′29″W / 54.409°N 0.958°W / 54.409; -0.958 II* The cross is 9 feet (2.7 m) tall on the road between Blakey Ridge and Castleton. It is used as the symbol of the North Yorks Moors National Park. [39][40]
  1. ↑ Based on Ordnance Survey mapping
  2. ↑ Either I, II*, II, SM (Scheduled Monument), or NA (not applicable)

References

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  1. ↑ "Stones criss-cross the North York Moors". Darlington and Stockton Times. 15 May 2015. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
  2. ↑ Graham 1993, p. 6–8.
  3. ↑ Morrison, John (1996). North York Moors. Basingstoke: AA Pub. p. 93. ISBN 0749511974.
  4. ↑ Boyes, Malcolm (1992). North York moors. London: New Orchard. p. 156. ISBN 1872226574.
  5. ↑ "Crosses Challenge - Scarborough & Ryedale MRT". srmrt.org.uk. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  6. ↑ Graham 1993, p. 49.
  7. ↑ Historic England. "Whitby Abbey Cross (Grade I) (1148373)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
  8. ↑ Historic England. "Ana Cross (Grade II) (1149023)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
  9. ↑ Blow, John (14 March 2022). "Spring air another incentive to visit landmarks". The Yorkshire Post. p. 18. ISSN 0963-1496.
  10. ↑ Hayes 1988, p. 31.
  11. ↑ Historic England. "Anns Cross (Grade II) (1174188)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 17 May 2025.
  12. ↑ Historic England. "Black Hill wayside cross on Glaisdale Rigg (1010080)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 8 September 2025.
  13. ↑ Historic England. "Cockan Cross wayside cross 600m west of Fox Hole Crag (1011747)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 8 September 2025.
  14. ↑ Raistrick 1974, p. 86.
  15. ↑ Historic England. "Wayside cross known as Cooper Cross on Sutton Bank (1010398)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
  16. ↑ Graham 1993, p. 16.
  17. ↑ Wright, Peter (2001). Yorkshire placenames. Skipton: Dalesman. p. 69. ISBN 1855681900.
  18. ↑ Historic England. "High Cross (Grade II) (1356666)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
  19. ↑ Graham 1993, p. 33.
  20. 1 2 3 White, Stanhope (1979). The North York Moors: an introduction. Clapham: Dalesman. p. 197. ISBN 0852065221.
  21. ↑ Historic England. "Lilla Cross on Lilla Howe, Fylingdales Moor (1010076)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
  22. ↑ Historic England. "Low Cross, a reused standing stone on Kirkgate Lane in Appleton-le-Moors (1012888)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
  23. ↑ Graham 1993, p. 44.
  24. ↑ Historic England. "Margery Bradley (Grade II) (1172847)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
  25. ↑ Historic England. "The Margery Bradley standing stone (1017827)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
  26. ↑ Estill 2018, p. 41.
  27. ↑ Historic England. "Mauley Cross in Cropton Forest 580m north of Hill Top Farm (1011745)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 17 May 2025.
  28. ↑ Hayes 1988, p. 27.
  29. ↑ Estill 2018, p. 36.
  30. ↑ Woods, Peter (2018). "39: The Millennium Stone on Danby High Moor". The History Tree; Moments in a Lifetime of a Memorable Tree. Danby: North Yorkshire Moors Association. pp. 129–130. ISBN 9780956577955.
  31. ↑ Historic England. "Old Ralph Cross (Grade II*) (1179098)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
  32. ↑ Historic England. "Wayside cross called Postgate Cross on Graystone Hills 700m NNE of Sneaton Corner (1011966)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 29 December 2025.
  33. ↑ Graham 1993, p. 14.
  34. ↑ Estill 2018, p. 7.
  35. ↑ Falconer 1975, p. 98.
  36. ↑ Historic England. "Section of the Cleave Dyke system on Arden Little Moor known as Steeple Cross Dyke including the Steeple Cross boundary stone (1010533)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
  37. ↑ Historic England. "York Cross wayside cross, 700m north east of Foster Howes on Sneaton High Moor (1009857)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
  38. ↑ Hayes 1988, p. 28.
  39. ↑ Historic England. "Young Ralph Cross (Grade II*) (1148563)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
  40. ↑ "Corner of Yorkshire: Ralph Crosses". The Yorkshire Post. 29 December 2016. Retrieved 15 December 2021.

Sources

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  • Estill, Steve (2018). Stones and crosses of the North York moors. Stroud: Fonthill Media. ISBN 978-1-78155-648-1.
  • Falconer, Alan A. (1975). Rambler's Riding : the Moorlands of North Yorkshire. London: R. Hale. ISBN 0709149441.
  • Graham, Lewis (1993). The crosses of the North Yorkshire Moors. Whitby: North Riding Publishing. ISBN 0-9521159-0-5.
  • Hayes, Raymond H. (1988). Old roads and pannierways in North East Yorkshire. Danby: North York Moors National Park. ISBN 0-907480-20-9.
  • Raistrick, Arthur, ed. (1966). North York Moors;. London: H.M.S.O. ISBN 0117004855.
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