Lilla Cross
Lilla Cross is a marker on Lilla's Howe, Fylingdales Moor, in North Yorkshire, England. A story relates how King Edwin of Northumbria placed the cross there to mark the grave of Lilla, one of his thegns who saved his life during an assassination attempt.Photo: ChrisJRMason, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Wayside cross
- Description: stone cross on Fylingdales Moor in North Yorkshire, England, UK
- Also known as: “Lilla Cross on Lilla Howe, Fylingdales Moor”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include RAF Fylingdales and Ann’s Cross.
RAF Fylingdales
Military installation
Photo: Cherubino, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Royal Air Force Fylingdales is a Royal Air Force station on Snod Hill in the North York Moors, England. Its motto is Vigilamus. It is a radar base, former part of the Ballistic Missile Early Warning System, and now part of the Solid State Phased Array Radar System. RAF Fylingdales is situated 2 miles southwest of Lilla Cross.
Ann’s Cross
Cross
Photo: Martin Dawes, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ann’s Cross is situated 1¼ miles northwest of Lilla Cross.
York Cross wayside cross, 700m north east of Foster Howes on Sneaton High Moor
Cross
Photo: Milestone Society, CC BY-SA 2.0.
York Cross wayside cross, 700m north east of Foster Howes on Sneaton High Moor is situated 2 miles north of Lilla Cross.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Goathland and Littlebeck.
Goathland
Village
Photo: Stephen McKay, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Goathland is a village and civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England. Historically part of the North Riding of Yorkshire, it is in the North York Moors national park due north of Pickering, off the A169 to Whitby. Goathland is situated 4 miles northwest of Lilla Cross.
Littlebeck
Hamlet
Photo: George Tod, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Littlebeck is a hamlet in the North York Moors National Park, near Whitby, in North Yorkshire, England. It stands on the Little Beck, a minor tributary of the River Esk. Littlebeck is situated 4 miles north of Lilla Cross.
Hole of Horcum
Locality
The Hole of Horcum is a section of the valley of the Levisham Beck, upstream of Levisham and Lockton, in the Tabular Hills of the North York Moors National Park in northern England. Hole of Horcum is situated 4 miles southwest of Lilla Cross.
Lilla Cross
- Categories: stone cross and historic site
- Location: Sneaton, Scarborough District, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.37596° or 54° 22′ 34″ northLongitude
-0.63255° or 0° 37′ 57″ westElevation
958 feet (292 metres)Open location code
9C6X99G8+9XOpenStreetMap ID
node 4864913323OpenStreetMap feature
historic=wayside_crossWikidata ID
Q17648892
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