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St Peter's Churchyard Cross is a medieval stone cross located in the churchyard of St Peter's Church in Gloucestershire. The monument dates to the medieval period, though the precise century of its construction remains uncertain without detailed archaeological study or documentary evidence. The cross survives as a substantial stone structure within the churchyard setting, where such monuments commonly served both devotional and practical functions within the religious and social life of the parish. As an ancient monument, it represents an important surviving example of medieval church furnishings and continues to form part of the material heritage of the parish church.
Churchyard cross in St Peter's churchyard is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1015424. View the official record →
St Peter's Churchyard Cross is a medieval stone cross located in the churchyard of St Peter's Church in Gloucestershire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1015424.
Churchyard cross in St Peter's churchyard 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 1015424.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Wellhill Copse round barrow (6.3 km), Tar Barrows: the earthwork and buried remains of two prehistoric or Roman round barrows and the buried remains of a Romano-British or earlier funerary and ritual site (7.4 km), St John's Hospital chantry (7.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Churchyard cross in St Peter's churchyard'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.
Churchyard cross in St Peter's churchyard stands on Inferior Oolite Group, bedrock that formed in the Bathonian. The rock here is limestone, sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.