Hoften’s Cross

Hoften’s Cross is a village in Cotton, Staffordshire Moorlands, England. Hoften’s Cross is situated nearby to the village Cauldon Lowe, as well as near the locality Rue Hill.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Cotton College and Church of the Holy Trinity.

Cotton College

Ruins

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Cotton College was a Roman Catholic boarding school in Cotton, Staffordshire, United Kingdom. It was also known as Saint Wilfrid's College. The school buildings were centred on Cotton Hall, a country house used by religious communities from the 1840s until the school moved there in 1873.

Church of the Holy Trinity

Church

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Church of the Holy Trinity is situated 2 miles southwest of Hoften’s Cross.

Winkhill railway station

Winkhill railway station, or Winkhill Halt, served the hamlet of Winkhill, in Staffordshire, England. It was opened by the North Staffordshire Railway in 1910 and closed to passenger use in 1935, but remained open to freight traffic until 1964. Winkhill railway station is situated 2 miles northwest of Hoften’s Cross.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Waterhouses and Whiston.

Waterhouses

Village

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Waterhouses is a village in the south of the Staffordshire Peak District in England. It is around 8 miles from Leek and Ashbourne, being nearly the halfway point between the two towns on the A523 road, which roughly follows the southern boundary of the Peak District National Park. Waterhouses is situated 2 miles northeast of Hoften’s Cross.

Whiston

Village

Whiston is a village in the Staffordshire Moorlands district of Staffordshire, England. Population details as taken at the 2011 census can be found under Kingsley. It is located within the Churnet Valley on the A52 road east of the village of Froghall. Whiston is situated 2 miles west of Hoften’s Cross.