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Early Medieval (Dark Age)Site Name: Sandbach CrossesCountry: England County: Cheshire Type: Ancient Cross
Nearest Town: Sandbach
Map Ref: SJ7587760825
Latitude: 53.144019N Longitude: 2.362098W
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
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-1 | Completely destroyed |
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4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
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5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
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5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
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3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
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BrownEdger visited on 1st Jan 2012 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 5
jeniferj visited on 16th Sep 2010 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 5
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Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3 Ambience: 3.5 Access: 5
They were broken by order of Parliament in the 17th century and the fragments taken to Utkinton by Sir James Crewe where they were re-erected. Then they went to Tarporley and then to Oulton Park. In 1816, they were re-erected in Sandbach. Much travelled, but saved by the intervention of caring people despite the intolerant vandalism of Protestant Parliamentarians.
These crosses are scheduled as Historic England List ID 1159937 and recorded as Pastscape Monument No. 74749. The Journal of Antiquities also includes an entry for The Sandbach Crosses, Cheshire, which includes photographs, descriptions and a list of reference sources for more information.
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