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Bledlow Cross is a medieval wayside cross located in the village of Bledlow in Buckinghamshire. The monument survives as a stone cross base and shaft, standing in the parish and representing the type of communal religious monument that was common in English villages from the medieval period onwards. Such crosses typically served as focal points for religious observance, markets, or processional routes within their communities. The cross at Bledlow remains an important archaeological record of medieval village topography and religious practice in the Chilterns region.
Bledlow Cross is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1006950. View the official record →
Bledlow Cross is a medieval wayside cross located in the village of Bledlow in Buckinghamshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1006950.
Bledlow Cross is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1006950.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow on Lodge Hill, 650m east of Old Callow Down Farm (2.6 km), Village settlement site on Lodge Hill (2.8 km), Roman villa east of Lodge Hill Farm (3.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bledlow Cross's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Bledlow Cross stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.