Editing Hunt's Cross (section)

==History==
Hunt's Cross was the name given to the ancient cross-roads at Speke Road, Hillfoot Avenue and Woodend Avenue, which formed the southern boundary of Much Woolton.<ref name=MOW>{{cite journal|title=Rental of Much Woolton|year=1658|series=(MS) in Salisbury Papers}}</ref><ref name=MOWA2004>{{cite web|title=Maps of Woolton|url=http://wooltonvillageuk.tripod.com/Maps.htm|year=2004|access-date=8 October 2016}}</ref><ref name=MOWB2004>{{cite web |title=Brief History of Much Woolton |url=http://wooltonvillageuk.tripod.com/HistoryOfWoolton.htm|year=2004|access-date=8 October 2016}}</ref> The available evidence indicates that the cross-roads was called Hunt's Cross because of [[fox hunting|fox hunts]] meeting there before setting off{{Citation needed|date=October 2012}}. There was also a nearby monument called 'Hunt's Folly', shown on historical maps along with Honey Hall, Woodend Farm and Rose Farm.<ref>[http://garstontowers.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/looking-through-old-maps-and-plotting.html Looking through old maps and plotting the history of Hunts Cross, Garston & Woolton]</ref> The 'Liverpool Hunt' is commemorated by a collection of fine china tableware by Booths.

[[File:Hunts Cross village cross pedestal 28 February 2013 (2).jpg|thumb|right|The ancient remains of the village cross]]
In the 1960s the medieval stone pedestal of the village cross had to be moved a short distance, to the corner of Hillfoot Road and Speke Road, to allow Hillfoot Avenue to be widened. There are similar crosses in the nearby villages of [[Cronton]], [[Woolton]], and [[Garston, Merseyside|Garston]]. Local folklore says that whoever takes the stone shall be possessed with the power of the Hunt{{Citation needed|date=October 2012}}.