Roby cross, Huyton
This
medieval remain of a cross shaft is set on a square sandstone base.
The cross was formerly situated at the Junction of Roby Road and
Carr Lane .
In 1304 Robert de Latham had a charter for a market at his manor
in ‘Robeye' and it is suggested that this could be a market cross.
The name Roby could come from the Old Norse ‘Ra' and ‘byr' which
translates as ‘near a boundary', which may also suggest that the
cross was a boundary stone.
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