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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described High Cross like this:
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.
High Cross is now part of HARBOROUGH District. Click here for graphs and data of how HARBOROUGH has changed over two centuries. For statistics about High Cross itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of High Cross, in Harborough and Leicestershire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25212
Date accessed: 09th April 2026
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