Bowstones

The Bowstones or Bow Stones are a pair of Anglian cross shafts in Cheshire, England. Situated beside the old ridgeway between Disley and Macclesfield, overlooking Lyme Park, the Cheshire Plain, the city of Manchester and the hills of the Peak District, they are a scheduled monument.

Photo: Anthony Parkes, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Type: Wayside cross
Description: scheduled monument in the parish of Lyme Handley, Cheshire, England, UK
Also known as: “The Bow Stones Anglian cross shafts” and “The Bowstones”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Lyme Park and The Lantern.

Lyme Park

Park

Photo: Mike Peel, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Lyme Park is a large estate south of Disley, Cheshire, England. It is managed by the National Trust and consists of a mansion house surrounded by formal gardens and a deer park in the Peak District National Park.

The Lantern

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The Lantern is situated 3,600 feet north of Bowstones.

Chestnut Cottages and estate workshops

Heritage site

Photo: David Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Chestnut Cottages and estate workshops is a heritage site, which is situated 1 mile northwest of Bowstones.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kettleshulme and Hockerley.

Kettleshulme

Village

Photo: Roger May, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Kettleshulme is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Kettleshulme and Lyme Handley, in the Cheshire East district, in the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England.

Hockerley

Suburb

Photo: Bill Boaden, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Hockerley is a suburb, which is situated 2 miles east of Bowstones.

Taxal

Hamlet

Photo: Bill Boaden, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Whaley Bridge is a town and civil parish in the High Peak district of Derbyshire, England. It is situated on the River Goyt, 16 miles south-east of Manchester, 7 miles north of Buxton, 9 miles north-east of Macclesfield and 28 miles west of Sheffield. Taxal is situated 2 miles southeast of Bowstones.

Bowstones

Categories: stone cross and historic site
Location: Lyme Handley, Cheshire East, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

53.32869° or 53° 19′ 43″ north

Longitude

-2.04067° or 2° 2′ 26″ west

Open location code

9C5V8XH5+FP

OpenStreetMap ID

node 357337828

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=wayside_cross

Wikidata ID

Q17651052

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Highlights include Higher Moor and Park Moor.

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