page_title: Wheston
hierarchical_section_title: Wheston
caption_attribution_description: English: Wheston Cross This ancient cross stands in a small enclosure near the centre of the village.
context_page_description: Wheston is a village and civil parish in the Derbyshire Peak District. Notable features include Wheston Hall and the Wheston Cross. The cross, which survives intact, is more than 11 feet high, probably dates from the 14th century and marked the way from Tideswell to Buxton along the Forest Road. Images of the Madonna and Child and the Crucifixion are carved into it.
  The village was formerly known as Whestone.
context_section_description: Wheston is a village and civil parish in the Derbyshire Peak District. Notable features include Wheston Hall and the Wheston Cross. The cross, which survives intact, is more than 11 feet (3.4 m) high, probably dates from the 14th century and marked the way from Tideswell to Buxton along the Forest Road. Images of the Madonna and Child and the Crucifixion are carved into it.
  The village was formerly known as Whestone.
caption: Wheston Cross
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