North of the bridge over the brook…

An interesting relic is the black stone by the side of the main road, north of the bridge over the brook, which is the base stone of a medieval stone cross.

This may have been a wayside cross, erected by the side of the road for religious motives. “For this reason being, crosses buy y-way that when folk passing see ye crosses, they should think of Him above all things.” Because the surviving stone is often mistaken for a milestone, it may have given rise to the name Black Milestone Lane, now known as Black Mile Lane.