Crosses Collection (page 8)

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

Raleighs Cross
The remains of Raleighs Cross, on the Brendon Hills, Somerset, England. Date: Medieval

Hunts Cross Cross
The Cross base at Hunts Cross, near Liverpool, Merseyside, England. Date: 1960s

Lavenham Market Cross
The ancient Market Cross and some of the famous Tudor houses in a corner of Lavenham, Suffolk, England. Date: 1930s

Lyddington Village Cross
The remains of the ancient market cross at Lyddington, Rutland, England. Date: Medieval

Pennygown Celtic Cross
The Celtic Cross at Pennygown, Isle of Mull, Argyllshire, Scotland. One one side is a circular design, ending in the tail of a crouching griffin, with a galley underneath it. Date: 1930s

Norlfolk Pilgrims Cross
The old Pilgrims Cross on Palmers Way, near Aylmerton, Norfolk, England. Date: 1950s

Kilchoman Cross
The Cross of Kilchoman, an ancient cross on the Isle of Islay, the Hebrides, Scotland. For many years it was turned towards the sun during prayer, but this Pagan ritual stopped. Date: 1930s

Naseby Village Cross
The ancient village cross at Naseby, Northamtonshire, England, which formerly stood beside the church, but is now situated at the junction of the Clipston Road. Date: Medieval

Ripple Village Cross
In the tiny square of Ripple, Worcestershire, England, stands this tall and slender cross. Date: 1940s

Eydon Village Cross
The old churchyard cross at Eydon, Northamptonshire, England. Date: Medieval

Westwell Village Cross
The old cross on the village green at Westwell, Oxfordshire, England. Date: Medieval

Whitchurch down Cross
The huge granite cross, standing over 7 feet high, on Whitchurch Down, Dartmoor, near Tavistock, Devon, England. Date: 1950s

Scraptoft Market Cross
The old Market Cross, now in the churchyard, at Scraptoft, Leicestershire, England. Date: Medieval

Bradford Butter Cross
The old Bradford Butter Cross, now in the grounds of Bolling Hall, Bradford, Yorkshire, England. The ancestors of Edith Bolling, wife of Woodrow Wilson, lived here. Date: Medieval

Sturminster Newton Cross
The remains of the ancient cross at Sturminster Newton, Dorset, where locals say that anyone can stand on the cross and say what they want with complete impunity from the law Date: 1940s

Roodee Racecourse Cross
The remains of the ancient cross on Roodee Racecourse, Chester, Cheshire, England, which gets its name from the Saxon rood (cross) and eye, meaning island. Date: 1960s

Cornish Cross
An ancient cross in the village of Washaway, Cornwall, England. Date: 1950s

Sandbach Crosses
In the market square of Sandbach, Cheshire, are these two Anglian Crosses, completed in the 9th century to commemorate the advent of Christianity in 653 A.D. Date: early 1940s

Caston Cross Base
The base of an ancient cross at Caston, Norfolk, England. Date: 1930s

Derbyshire Village Cross
The old stone cross in the small village of Crich, Derbyshire, England. Date: late 1930s

Bansall Village Cross
The tall and slender cross, surmounting many steps at Bansall, near Matlock, Derbyshire, England. Date: late 1930s

Italian poster, Luce Di Scomparsi, WW1
An Italian poster commemorating those lost during the First World War, with the words Luce Di Scomparsi, showing an Italian soldier with a cemetery in the background. Date: 1915-1918

Montmedy German Cemetery, Meuse, France
Mass grave of 520 brave warriors in Montmedy. A German postcard of 1915, depicting the site of a mass burial of German soldiers killed in the early years of WWI

Dugouts, bridge and burial area, WW1
Dugouts cut into a hillside during the First World War, with a makeshift wooden bridge in the foreground, and crosses in a burial area on the right. Date: 1918

Field of Remembrance, St Margarets, Westminster, London
Field of Remembrance, St Margaret s, Westminster, London, where crosses were planted to remember those who died in the First and Second World Wars. Date: circa 1955

Wandering Jew at Ford
The Jew, now 1, 800 years old crosses a river (the Rhine) & sees a crucifix reflected, reminding him how he is cursed to endless wandering for refusing Jesus a moments rest

Niagara / Tightrope 1860
Tightrope expert Farina crosses the Niagara. Date: 1860

Cpr in the Selkirks
The Canadian Pacific Railway crosses Surprise Creek, in the Selkirk mountains. Date: circa 1880

Seven-League Boots - 2
The hero crosses the ocean wearing his wonderful SEVEN-LEAGUE BOOTS

Kalka-Dharampur Rly 1
A scene on the Kalka to Dharampur Railway, in the lower Himalayas, northern India : a train crosses the four-tier gallery : notice also the pipe-line. Date: early 20th century

The cross erected to Captain Scott and his companions on Observation Hill. The picture was taken at the height of summer when the rocky summit was almost bare of snow

Queen Eleanors Cross, Northampton. The Eleanor crosses were 12 originally wooden, but later lavishly decorated stone, monuments, of which three survive intact

St Sophia Cathedral, Vologda, Russia
View of St Sophia Cathedral in the city of Vologda, Russia. The building was consecrated in 1570 and named after Saint Sophia Cathedral in Novgorod

St Sophia Cathedral, Kiev, Ukraine
View of St Sophia Cathedral in Kiev, Ukraine. The first building began in the 11th century, but the current exterior dates from the 17th century

Spaso Prilutsky Monastery, Vologda, Russia
Main entrance to the church of the Spaso Prilutsky Monastery, Vologda, Russia. The monastery was founded in 1371

Garden, Museum Quinta das Cruzes, Funchal, Madeira
View of the garden of the Museum Quinta das Cruzes (Manor Estate of the Crosses) in Funchal, Madeira, Portugal. The museum opened in 1953

Church of the Prince, Yaroslavl, Russia
View of the Church of the Prince in Yaroslavl, Russia

Uspenski Cathedral, Vladimir, Russia
View of the Uspenski Cathedral (Uspenski Sobor, or Mariae Ascension Cathedral), built in 1158-1160, in Vladimir, Russia. Date: early 21st century

St Sophia Cathedral, Tobolsk, Russia
View of the Russian Orthodox Cathedral of St Sophia, with a belfry on the right, in Tobolsk, Siberia, Russia. The building was completed in 1686

All Professionally Made to Order for Quick Shipping