High Cross
Early-attested site in the Parish of Wibtoft
Etymology
High Cross at the crossing of Watling Street and Fosse Way is so named in 1656 (Dugdale) and is on the site of the Romanofiritish station of Venonis as recorded in the Antonine Itinerary.“Upon the very thwarting of those two great ways, hath antiently stood some eminent cross , which the country people called High -Cross ” (Dugdale 48).