Mabs cross

Outside a primary school in Wigan, in the north of England, there is an old stone cross.
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Known locally as Mab’s Cross, it comes with a legend.  The story is that Lady Mabel de Haigh walked barefoot to this cross from her home at Haigh Hall as a penance for her adultery.
There are two main versions of the legend.  The first comes from the Bradshaigh Roll, an ornamental pedigree drawn up by Randle Holme of Chester in 1647.  It recounts how Sir William Bradshaw married Mabel Norris, the heiress of Blackrod and Haigh.  After the marriage he was absent for ten years in the ‘holy wars’ and when he returned he found that Mabel had married a Welsh knight. On Sir William’s return the intruder fled, but William chased him and killed him at Newton Park where a red coloured stone still supposedly marks the spot of the murder.[/size]


More here
https://elizabethashworth.com/2012/06/27/the-mabs-cross-legend/


https://www.worldofbooks.com/en-gb/books/elizabeth-ashworth/an-honourable-estate/GOR005465706?keyword=&gclid=Cj0KCQjwiILsBRCGARIsAHKQWLObQW6zSbmCLq9EBf-VoDnLptZUbcPQ3TvhQdPPvJLQ5VWXAY_u9KQaAke2EALw_wcB

Lolly, I knew about Lady Mabel and Mab's Cross but the other info was interesting. Thanks.

I think every Wiganer know about Lady Mabel marie.She makes for interesting reading 

http://www.wiganarchsoc.co.uk/content/History/Mabs_Cross.htm