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Staple Cross is a wayside cross of medieval date located in Hampshire. The monument stands as evidence of the network of crosses that marked routes and served as meeting points or preaching stations in the medieval landscape. Like many such crosses, it would have functioned as a significant landmark within the local community, though documentary records of its specific founding and original dedication are limited. The cross survives as a testament to the religious and practical infrastructure of medieval England, though its current form and condition reflect centuries of modification and repair.
Staple Cross is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1002369. View the official record →
Staple Cross is a wayside cross of medieval date located in Hampshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1002369.
Staple 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 1002369.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including World War II pillbox and tank traps in former railway yard N of town (1.7 km), Pre-Conquest monastery, early Christian cemetery, Augustinian priory and a motte and bailey castle at Christchurch (1.7 km), Site of Town Walls in, and E of, Druitt Gardens (1.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Staple 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.
Staple Cross stands on Bracklesham Group And Barton Group (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Eocene. The rock here is sand, silt and clay.