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High Cross is the name given to the crossroads of the Roman roads of Watling Street (now the A5) and Fosse Way on the border between Leicestershire and Warwickshire, England. A naturally strategic high point, High Cross was "the central cross roads" of Anglo-Saxon and Roman Britain. [ 1 ]
Hill Close Gardens is a group of 18 surviving Victorian detached gardens on a hillside in Warwick, Warwickshire, England. It is listed Grade II* in Historic England's Register of Parks and Gardens . [ 1 ]
[6] On 23 July 2007, the Leicester Mercury reported that the latest name change had been the result of a year-long dispute [7] with a local coven of witches, who pointed out that "High Cross Quarter" is the name of a high point or major sabbat in the wiccan calendar, and registered five [8] internet domain names relating to the name. Hammerson ...
His son Robert (d 1613), High Sheriff of Warwickshire in 1597, built a manor house in Elizabethan style adjacent to the priory ruins. The Burgoyne family (later Burgoyne baronets ) occupied the manor until 1713 when they sold it together with 1,850 acres (7.5 km 2 ), to Sir Christopher Wren .
Henley-in-Arden is approximately 9 miles (14 km) west of the county town of Warwick, 15 miles (24 km) southeast of Birmingham, 19 miles (31 km) southwest of Coventry, 8 miles (13 km) east of Redditch and 9 miles (14 km) north of Stratford upon Avon (where the road between Stratford and Henley was named Henley Street 1).
The Yew Garden is entered by raised steps and a wrought-iron gate. The garden path follows an avenue of trees, which leads up a spiral hill [1] where a wooden seat is placed beneath a yew tree. This vantage point provides views of the house and the Yew Garden. [5] Some of the yews at Packwood are taller than 50 feet (15 m). [7]
Warwick Parkway is a railway station with park and ride facilities on the western outskirts of Warwick in Warwickshire, England. It also serves the village of Budbrooke. Unusually, the station is not owned by Network Rail [1] but by Warwickshire County Council. [2] Warwick is also served by the older Warwick railway station in the town centre.
Muiredach's High Cross, Monasterboice, 9th or 10th century A simpler example, Culdaff, County Donegal, Ireland. A high cross or standing cross (Irish: cros ard / ardchros, [1] Scottish Gaelic: crois àrd / àrd-chrois, Welsh: croes uchel / croes eglwysig) is a free-standing Christian cross made of stone and often richly decorated.