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Cross in St Aldhelm and St Eadburga churchyard is a medieval stone cross located in Poole, Dorset. The cross survives as a tapering shaft mounted upon a stepped base, typical of crosses erected during the medieval period to serve both religious and social functions within parish churchyards. Such crosses commonly functioned as focal points for community gatherings, market activities, and religious observances. The monument's exact date of construction remains uncertain, though its form and construction are consistent with late medieval work, and it represents an important survival of parish church landscape features from this era.
Cross in St Aldhelm and St Eadburga churchyard is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1017250. View the official record →
Cross in St Aldhelm and St Eadburga churchyard is a medieval stone cross located in Poole, Dorset. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1017250.
Cross in St Aldhelm and St Eadburga 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 1017250.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Merryfield Moated Site and fishponds, 890m north-west of Wadham Almshouses (2.2 km), Pottery kiln S of Whitney Bottom (2.3 km), Combe Beacon barrow (5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Cross in St Aldhelm and St Eadburga 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.
Cross in St Aldhelm and St Eadburga churchyard stands on Lias Group, bedrock that formed in the Aalenian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, limestone and sandstone.