Ancient Crosses At Ilkley by A.W. Morant, F.S.A.

The Journal of Antiquities

Ilkley Saxon Cross-Shafts used to stand in the churchyard.

OS Grid Reference:SE 1163 4782. All Saints parish church islocated on Church Street (the A65) in the centre of Ilkley, west Yorkshire, near the River Wharfe, and housed within are three Anglo-Saxon cross-shafts. Originally these ancient crosses had stood at the side of the church in the churchyard, but dueto theever-increasing fears of erosion they had to be brought inside the church. The church site is...