Moscar Cross

Coordinates: 53°23′28″N 1°39′11″W / 53.391°N 1.653°W

18th century stone with inscription, and benchmark

Moscar Cross is the name of a standing stone (or "guide stoop") and surrounding area in the Peak District on the border between Derbyshire and Sheffield, England.

Moscar moor is located south of the cross,^[1] and contains a stone circle, Hordron Edge stone circle.^[2]

Moscar Cross

The current Moscar Cross (also known as "Humblestone Cross"; grid reference SK231883), is a guide stoop erected in the 18th century, at a parish boundary and packhorse track junction. It is thought a cross existed at the point during earlier periods. The name 'Moscar' is thought to derive from to 'moss' (mos) and 'carr' (kjarr) both referring to marshy areas.^[3][4][5] Moscar Cross has been claimed as the location of 'Whitcross' in Charlotte Brontë's novel Jane Eyre.^[6]

References

1. Ordnance Survey. 1:25000. c.2010
2. Historic England. "Hordron Edge stone circle, 540m south east of Cutthroat Bridge (1018367)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 6 December 2012.
3. Goodall, Armitage (1914), Place-names of south-west Yorkshire: that is, of so much of the West Riding as lies south of the Aire from Keighley onwards, p. 215
4. Cameron, Kenneth (1959), The Place-names of Derbyshire, p. 86
5. Sharpe, N.T. (2002), Crosses of the Peak District, Landmark, p. 34
6. Whitehead, Phyllis (1963), The Brontës came here, pp. 167, 178

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