There were 4 mediaeval manorial boundary crosses in Croydon: Hand Cross, Hern or Hurn Cross, Stay or Stake Cross, and one of unknown name. They marking out one hundred acres of the old town of Croydon, an area within which the inhabitants enjoyed manorial privileges. Two were believed to have been located in elm trees. They had all disappeared by the late 1600s.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
boundary crosses of old Croydon
{Beneath a Maltese cross:} Hand Cross Near here once stood one of the four ma...
{Beneath a Maltese cross:} Hern or Hurn Cross Near here once stood one of the...
{Beneath a Maltese cross:} Stay or Stake Cross Near here once stood one of th...
{Beneath a Maltese cross:} Manorial Cross Near here once stood one of the fou...
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