Old Cross in St Bartholomew churchyard, Colne
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Old Cross in St Bartholomew churchyard, Colne by Lee Rob as part of the Geograph project.
The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
There are currently over 7.5m images from over 14,400 individuals and you can help contribute to the project by visiting https://www.geograph.org.uk
Old Cross in St Bartholomew churchyard, Colne
Image: © Lee Rob Taken: 24 Oct 2022
Emmott Cross or Touch Cross, the old shaft and base of a cross. Set in the southeast corner of the churchyard between the east end of St Bartholomew's church and the Sunday School in Colne parish. Moved here in 1967. This is reported in a Historic England Research Record https://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/Results_Single.aspx?uid=c45c9853-c791-41ea-876d-36874e1f820d&resourceID=19191 as a former central cross from the junction of Windy Bank and Colne Lane or from Market Street, both about SD890401. It is also reported in The Northern Antiquarian https://megalithix.wordpress.com/2011/03/27/emmott-cross-colne/ as a former wayside cross from Emmott Hall, Laneshaw Bridge, about SD927404 or beside the Laneshaw Bridge to Haworth Road over Herders Common. Grade II Listed https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1243158. Milestone Society National ID: LAPD_COL02
Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
Image Location
Latitude
53.857122
Longitude
-2.16995