Crosses Collection (page 7)

Hawson Cross, near Buckfastleigh, Devon, England, an ancient cross which marked the old Abbots Way, a moorland track from Buckfast Abbey to Buckland Abbey. Date: 10th - 13th century

Giffords Cross
The ancient wooden Giffords Cross, by the roadside at Brewood, Staffordshire, England. Date: 1950s

Ross Plague Cross
The Plague Cross at Ross, Herefordshire, England. Situated in the churchyard, this cross records the burial of 315 victims of the plague in 1637. Date: 17th century

Scorriton Cross
Milk churns from the farm, awaiting collection beside Scorriton Cross, a large granite cross at a road junction near Holne, Dartmoor, Devon, England. Date: 1950s

Bosbury Preaching Cross
The old Preaching Cross in the churcyard at Bosbury, Herefordshire, England. Date: 1950s

Higham Ferrars Cross
The ancient market cross at Higham Ferrars, Northamptonshire, England. Date: Medieval

Hallaton Market Cross
The ancient conical Market Cross on the village green at Hallaton, Leicestershire, England. Date: 1950s

Mercat Cross
The Mercat Cross and Gardens at Prestwick, Ayrshire, Scotland. Date: 1950s

Brixworth Cross
The base of the ancient market cross, set by the wayside, in the village of Brixworth, Northamptonshire, England. Date: 1950s

Great Crosby Cross
The site of the ancient Roman Catholic Cross at Great Crosby, Lancashire, England. Date: 1960s

Chipping Warden
The base of the ancient market cross and a row of traditional cottages in the village of Chipping Warden, Northamptonshire, England. Date: 1950s

Ter Hill Cross
The old stone cross on Ter Hill, one of the highest points of South Dartmoor, Devon, England. Date: 1950s

East Hagbourne Cross
Half-timbered houses and the old stone village cross, which has at the top of the shaft three sundials, East Hagbourne, Berkshire, England. Date: 1950s

Civil War Cross
The remains of a wayside cross commemorating a Royalist Officer at Bovey Tracey, Devon, England. Date: 17th century

Ashby De-La-Zouch Cross
The Cross at Ashby-de-la- Zouch, Leicestershire, England. Date: 1930s

Talana Hill - Talana, Natal, South Africa. The site of the Battle of Talana Hill (Battle of Glencoe), the first major clash of the Second Boer War in 1899

The Eleanor Cross - Charing Cross, London. The Twelve Eleanor crosses in England (twelve - originally in wood) were erected by Edward I along the route of Eleanor of Castiles funeral procession

A rather basic bridge - Senegal, West Africa
A rather basic bridge (likely far more secure than it looks!) - Senegal, West Africa Date: circa 1910s

Chalon-sur-Soane - Carnival Day
Chalon-sur-Soane, a commune in the Saone-et-Loire department in the region of Burgundy in eastern France. The Gladiators Circus is the theme of the first float, complete with columned theatre

Bogota, Colombia - Basket Market (Plaza de las Cruces)
Plaza de las Cruces (Square of the Crosses), Bogota, Colombia - Basket Market. Date: circa 1920s

Bleriots landing at Dover after his cross-channel flight
Louis Bleriot (1872-1936) lands at Dover after his cross-channel flight on 25th July 1909. Date: 1909

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada - High Level Bridge
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada - First Train leaving over the new High Level Bridge on 19th June, 1913. Date: 1913

The Silk Road - Camel Train in Soviet Central Asia, crossing the desert. Date: 1933

Tourism brochure for Soviet Armenia, with a steam train passing over a viaduct and a motor car driving through the landscape. We also have a similar poster (see: 10272340). Date: circa 1930s

Spain. War of Independence (1808-1814). Napoleon crosses the Guadarrama. Litography. SPAIN. Madrid. National Library

Treasure of Guarrazar. Set of Visigothic gold crowns and crosses (6th - 7th century). Engraving. SPAIN. Barcelona. Sant Jordi Catalan Royal Academy of Fine Arts

Zulu Wars memorial
Zulu Wars. Memorial cross to Napoleon Joseph, 1880 Date: 1880

Peaceful scene in cemetery
Wild flowers grow and intertwine in this peaceful cemetery scene, with a bird perched on a leaf singing, and a snail crawling along slowly below. 1925

Princess Mary disembarking at Calais, 1922
Princess Mary crosses the Channel with Viscount Lascelles for her honeymoon. Princess Mary, daughter of King George V and Queen Mary, married Viscount Lascelles, later 6th Earl of Harewood

Lustleigh Village Cross
The village cross at Lustleigh, Devon, England. Date: 1960s

Lavenham Village Cross
The square and market cross in the historic town of Lavenham, Suffolk, England. Date: 1960s

Sarsden Village Cross
The ancient village cross at Sarsden, Oxfordshire, England. Date: 1930s

Malmesbury, Wiltshire

Stanton Village Cross
The Old Cross stands at the bottom of a picturesque street in Stanton Village, Cotswolds, Gloucestershire. Three children run up the street in the distance. Date: 1950s

Entre Chats Six
A male ballet dancer demonstrates a entre chats six move. Literally translated as between six cats. He crosses and uncrosses 2 feet 3 times! Date: 1930s

Lacock Village Cross
Two little girls glance at the ancient village cross at Lacock, Wiltshire, England. Date: 1950s

Harringworth Cross
The fine Market Cross, with its tall shaft, in the village of Harringworth, Northamptonshire, England. Date: 1950s

Congresbury Cross
The ancient village cross at Congresbury, Somerset, England. Date: 1950s

Bilton Market Cross
The old Market Cross on the village green at Bilton, Warwickshire, England, photographed in spring with a surrounding carpet of crocus flowers. Date: 1950s

Prestwick Market Cross
The old Market Cross, dating from 1473, at Prestwick, Scotland. Date: 15th century

Houston Market Cross
The old Market Cross at Houston, Renfrewshire, Scotland. Date: 1950s

Great Brington Cross
The ancient village cross, near the church at Great Brington, Northamptonshire, England. Date: 1950s

Ripley Weeping Cross
The very rare medieval Weeping Cross in the churchyard at Ripley, near Harrogate, Yorkshire, England. The four pair of niches round the base are for kneeling penitents! Date: 1950s

Dodman Point Cross
Dodman Point, the highest granite cross in Cornwall, England, erected to honour the men of Cornwall who are spreading the (Christian) Gospel worldwide. Date: 1930s

Holy Year Cross
The huge 25 feet Holy Year Cross, on Bray Head, Bray, Co Dublin, Ireland. Date: 1950s

Bennetts Cross, one of the many rough hewn medieval latin crosses which are to be found on Dartmoor, Devonshire, England. It can be found near the Warren House Inn. Date: 1950s

Harpford Village Cross
The old stone cross in the churchyard at Harpford, Devon, England, It was restored in 1813 as a memorial the Reverend Augustus Toplady, composer of Rock of Ages. Date: Medieval

Grantham Market Cross
The fine old Market Cross in the Market Square of Grantham, Lincolnshire, England. Date: 1940s

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