The Act for enclosing the common lands in the Parish ( see above ) specifically required that " in order to preserve within the parish of Monks Risborough the ancient memorial or land mark there called White Cliffe Cross " the Commissioners were to allot to the Lord of the Manor the cross itself and " so much of the land immediately surrounding it as shall in the judgment of the Commissioners be necessary and sufficient for rendering the same conspicuous " and that it should not be planted or enclosed and should for ever thereafter remain open.

The Act for enclosing the common lands in the Parish, completed on 23 September 1839, specifically required that:

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