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who sometimes visited Monk Hall, as that house belonged to the 
Monastery. 
THE CROSSES ON THE LONG CAUSEWAY. 
Along the line of the Roman road running from Mereclough 
towards Hebden Bridge, (which is generally spoken of as the 
Long Causeway), there are marked upon the 6-inch Ordnance map, 
the sites of no less than five crosses, Stump cross, Robin cross, 
Maiden cross, Duke’s cross, and Stiperden cross. How the rough 
unhewn blocks of grit which correspond in some cases with the 
names just mentioned, came to receive the title of crosses is diffi- 
cult to account for, for they neither bear upon their surface an 
inscribed cross nor are they cruciform in outline. 
Srumpe Cross stands just above Mereclough, near to the 
entrance of the field which was supposed to contain pre-historic 
mounds and which was visited by the club some few years ago. 
A little further on in a hollow, and at the meeting of two 
other roads with the Long Causeway, we find the site of Robin 
cross. The stone has long ago disappeared. 
Mawen Cross is about a mile south-east of this point, being 
built into the boundary wall a little beyond the entrance 
to the colliery. As in the case of Stump cross this is a 
plain slab of millstone grit, but connected with it is a legend 
which gives it some interest. For this tradition I am indebted 
to Mr. Tattersall Wilkinson. Hehad it from his grandfather who 
was born in 1766, who had it from his grandfather who lived 
shortly after the affair took place. I give it in his own words :— 
‘During the time of the great rebellion this was the tryst- 
ing-place of a young shepherd with his lady love. Often did they 
meet to pledge their simple vows at this lonely place, until one 
day a messenger came from Towneley to collect as many young 
men as he could get to swell the ranks of Rupert when he passed 
through this part to join the Royal forces at York, a march which 
ended with the disastrous fight at Marston Moor, on whose bloody 
sod lay stretched the chivalrous Towneley, and a many of his 
followers, including this young man, the victims of a tyrannical 
and ambitious king. For many a long year after this tragical 
event the poor demented maiden would repair to this hallowed 
spot, repeating with a sorrowful voice his promise to return.” 
We next come to Duxr’s Cross.—The name is a little curious, 
and it may be that it has some connection with the fact, that as 
Dr. Whitaker says, ‘“‘ This bleak and comfortless road was the 
line which the Lacies and Plantagenets were condemned to 
pursue in their progresses from Pontefract to Clitheroe and 
Lancaster.” 
