HIGH-CROSS, (Leicestershire) near Sharnford and b. of Warwickshire, had a high cross set up there formerly; which was
succeeded by a high post erected with props to support it, for a beacon to alarm the Co. in case of an invasion. The old
Roman Watling-street is crossed here by the Fosse near the source of the r. Soar. This place is thought to be the centre
and the highest ground of England. It was the ancient Benonis, and is noted for divers Roman antiquities. The late Earl of
Denbigh, (whose seat is near this road) and the nobility and gentry of the neighbourhood, erected a fine cross here in
1712, in memory of the peace of Utrecht.