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HIGH CROSS, a place on the mutual border of Leicester and Warwick; at the intersection of Watling street and the Fosse way, and near the central watershed of England, 5 miles NW of Lutterworth. A high cross anciently stood here; and was supplanted by a beacon post, for alarming the country in the event of an invasion. A handsome cross also was erected here, in 1812, to commemorate the peace of Utrecht. The place is a meet for the Atherstone hounds.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a place" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Leicestershire Ancient County Warwickshire Ancient County |
| Place: | High Cross |
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