Anderton Headless Cross And Stocks

The headless cross was moved around for quite a while after 1865 at one point being utilized as a trimming by W.H Lever, Lord Leverhulme, at his second stone Bungalow at Rivington. It was after a battle by Cllr. C.J Sixmith that the Cross was saw sited in its present position in 1945.5 The cross was given back to the town after the death of Lord Leverhulmes in 1925.There is likewise an apparition story and an account of departed fortune someplace under Anderton in a passage.

Andertons recorded structures are changed, mirroring its rustic and notable significance, the Headless Cross or headless boggart at it is privately known is review II recorded, it is a planned landmark. The cross or as it is privately known as the Headless Boggart is the most established recorded structure in Anderton and is a pre-success, with eighteenth-century increases, review II, Historical Monument.