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St Vincent's Cross is a medieval wayside cross located in Cambridgeshire. The monument survives as a stone cross shaft of Early English or Decorated period date, likely erected during the thirteenth or fourteenth century. Such crosses commonly marked routes of pilgrimage or significant boundaries within the medieval landscape, and their presence indicates the religious and practical importance of particular locations during the Middle Ages. The cross remains an important archaeological record of medieval devotional practice and landscape organisation in the region.
St Vincent's Cross is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1006807. View the official record →
St Vincent's Cross is a medieval wayside cross located in Cambridgeshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1006807.
St Vincent's 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 1006807.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Iron Age and Roman settlement at Bar Pastures (5.3 km), Bowl barrow 780m east of Bar Pasture Farm (5.3 km), Two bowl barrows 940m south east of Bar Pasture Farm (5.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of St Vincent's 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.
St Vincent's Cross stands on Kellaways Formation And Oxford Clay Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Oxfordian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.