Four Crosses, Staffordshire

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Four Crosses
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Canal bridge on Four Crosses Lane, Staffordshire
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Four Crosses
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OS grid reference SJ954095
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Post town Cannock
Postcode district WS11
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52°41′00″N2°04′07″W / 52.6832°N 2.0685°W / 52.6832; -2.0685 Coordinates: 52°41′00″N2°04′07″W / 52.6832°N 2.0685°W / 52.6832; -2.0685
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The Four Crosses pub, supposedly haunted

Four Crosses in South Staffordshire, Staffordshire, England. Is a scattered hamlet located between Cannock and Wolverhampton. As well as Penkridge and Hatherton. The hamlet is a very rural area of Cannock Chase District and is the location of the Four Crosses Inn Pub notable for legends that it is haunted. [1] The hamlet is situated on Watling Street (A5). Four Crosses is also home to the former Chase Park Cricket Club. Which closed in 2019 and has been left derelict since closure. [2]

The hamlet appears on OS Maps as Four Crosses. [3]


Cannock Cricket and Hockey Club on Poplar Lane in Four Crosses. As seen closed in 2019. Cannock Cricket and Hockey Club - geograph.org.uk - 203924.jpg
Cannock Cricket and Hockey Club on Poplar Lane in Four Crosses. As seen closed in 2019.

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References

  1. "The Four crosses, Cannock, Staffordshire".
  2. "Cannock's Chase Park sold for £1.45m one month after being locked up". 25 July 2019. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
  3. "OS Map of Four Crosses".