Butleigh Cross

War Memorial – Butleigh Cross, Somerset, UK. ID JB_1981

Number 36 on the Ann Heeley Hertitage Trail is the Butleigh Cross War Memorial.  Butleigh is a small village just south of Glastonbury in Somerset.

As the First World War ended, it was decided in Butleigh that the wayside cross on Butleigh Hill should be made into a ware memorial.  It was restored to about twenty feet high and on the stem, a figure of St Leonard, the patron saint of Butleigh was placed and a figure of Christ on the top of the cross. – The trail plaque found near the cross

The top of the hill has views stretching across the Somerset countryside.  Below a red-legged partridge strolls down Banbury Lane.  While the morning sun struggles against a bank of low cloud.

Partridge down Banbury Lane – From Butleigh Cross, Butleigh, Somerset, UK. ID JB_1945

The fields have already turned yellow with oilseed rape.

Yellow Fields at Dawn – Butleigh Cross, Somerset, UK. ID JB_1855

The spire of Kingweston church points to the moon.

Church of All Saints – Kingweston, From Butleigh Cross, Somerset, UK. ID JB_1849

All these picture were captured within a few yards of the War Memorial on a beautiful spring morning.

Sadly the Ann Heeley Heritage Trail website is no longer up and running.  However, you can start the trail at the village centre near the shop, take a few pictures of the notice boards next to the green so you can follow the trial around the village and countryside.