What is recorded here
A named place photographed at this map point in East Staffordshire.
Hoar Cross, located in East Staffordshire, is a 17th-century sandstone cross erected by Sir William Compton, 1st Baron Compton, as a waymark and memorial. It is not dedicated to a religious figure but is significant as a historical landmark associated with the Compton family and the coaching routes of the period.
Places near here
Waterfall in a StreamWaterfall · 425 yd
Poole's CoppiceWood · 654 yd
Church of Holy AngelsListed building · 901 yd
Hoar Cross HallListed building · 1041 yd
Chantry WoodWood · 1660 yd
Milepost beside the A515 near WoodlaneMonument or public art · 1.5 mi
Charolais cattle at Lower Lynbrook Farm, Scotch HillMountain or hill · 1.5 mi
Bluebell Woods of Yoxall LodgeHeritage attraction · 1.6 mi
Waiting for milking time, Holt HillMountain or hill · 2.1 mi
Abbots Bromley market crossScheduled monument · 3.4 mi
Klondyke Mill Preservation CentreHeritage attraction · 3.9 mi
RAF Fauld explosionexplosion · 4.2 miOther information
Photo: Oliver Dixon · CC BY-SA 2.0