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Village cross

England
List entry 1005616
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1005616
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.01 hectares
Grid reference
SU 05638 31413
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Village cross is a medieval market cross located in Wiltshire, England. The monument survives as a stone structure typical of the market crosses erected in English villages during the medieval period, serving as a focal point for community gatherings and commercial activity. Such crosses commonly date from the thirteenth to sixteenth centuries, though precise dating for individual examples often relies on architectural detail and documentary evidence. The survival of this cross represents an important record of medieval urban organisation and the commercial life of the settlement.

Village cross is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1005616. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Village cross?

Village cross is a medieval market cross located in Wiltshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1005616.

Who is responsible for protecting Village cross?

Village 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 1005616.

What other scheduled monuments are near Village cross?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Grim's Ditch: Old Lodge Copse to Toyd Clump (9.3 km), Marleycombe Hill round barrows (9.4 km), Marleycombe Hill earthworks (9.5 km).

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Overview
An interactive map of the location with every monument and battle plotted, and a plain-language history built only from what the record holds.
Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
Laser-scanned terrain that reveals earthworks hidden under fields and woodland, with likely features flagged.
Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
Legal
The protected sites nearby and the metal-detecting, access and treasure laws that apply to this ground.
Spotlight
A deep dive into the most remarkable, lesser-known history of the place, traced back to the record.
Target Zones
For detectorists: the most promising ground to search nearby, ranked by confidence, with what to expect.
Timeline
The whole story of the location told era by era, from prehistory to the present day.
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Grim's Ditch: Old Lodge Copse to Toyd Clump
9.3 km
Marleycombe Hill round barrows
9.4 km
Marleycombe Hill earthworks
9.5 km
Roman road north east of Vernditch Chase: part of the Roman road between Sorviodunum (Old Sarum) and Vindocladia (Badbury)
9.6 km
Long Barrow 800m north-west of Paradise
9.8 km
Long barrow on Little Toyd Down, 760m south west of Grims Lodge Farm
9.8 km
Bowl barrow on Little Toyd Down, 650m south west of Grims Lodge Farm
9.8 km
Long barrow 700m north-west of Tenantry Farm
10.3 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Village cross

Village cross stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Village cross

Old SarumArchaeological site · ~5 milesStonehengeArchaeological site · ~7.9 milesWest Kennet Long BarrowArchaeological site · ~22.4 milesSilbury HillArchaeological site · ~23.2 milesBattle of Roundway Down 1643Battle (1643) · ~21.2 miles
Domesday entry for Barford, Wiltshire →
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