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It is believed that that there were Minster Sanctuary Crosses beside both the Malton or Driffield Roads. A cross said in the 12th century to stand beyond Molescroft, elsewhere described as standing beyond the valley at Molescroft (ultra vallem Mollescrofte), may have been the same as the Grith or Stone cross, recorded from c. 1300, which stood beside Stone Cross Gate. In the 16th century Leland described the position of Molescroft cross as near the entrance to Leconfield park, evidently on the Driffield road, and he referred to another cross near Cherry Burton, presumably on the Malton Road." (Taken from http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=36455)

These crosses no longer exist but the St Mary’s Cemetery contains several memorials that could well have been modelled on the sanctuary crosses that would have been on the Malton and Driffield Roads. The Parish Council logo is based on these memorials.