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Village cross at Stanton

England
List entry 1014398
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1014398
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.01 hectares
Grid reference
SP 06870 34258
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

The Village cross at Stanton is a medieval monument located in the parish of Stanton in Gloucestershire. Village crosses of this type typically date from the medieval period and served important communal functions as focal points for markets, gatherings, and public announcements within their settlements. The cross would have originally comprised a stone shaft mounted on a stepped base, though the precise details of its current physical condition and any surviving architectural features require reference to the site's documented archaeological record. Such monuments remain valuable evidence of medieval settlement organisation and the spatial arrangement of public space within English villages.

Village cross at Stanton is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1014398. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Village cross at Stanton?

The Village cross at Stanton is a medieval monument located in the parish of Stanton in Gloucestershire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1014398.

Who is responsible for protecting Village cross at Stanton?

Village cross at Stanton 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 1014398.

What other scheduled monuments are near Village cross at Stanton?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Spoonley Wood Roman villa (8.9 km), Four bowl barrows 850m south east of Bemborough Farm; forming part of the Bemborough Farm round barrow cemetery (9.1 km), Bowl barrow 900m south east of Bemborough Farm; part of the Bemborough Farm round barrow cemetery (9.2 km).

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Overview
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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
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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.
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Spoonley Wood Roman villa
8.9 km
Four bowl barrows 850m south east of Bemborough Farm; forming part of the Bemborough Farm round barrow cemetery
9.1 km
Bowl barrow 900m south east of Bemborough Farm; part of the Bemborough Farm round barrow cemetery
9.2 km
Wadfield Roman villa
9.4 km
Bowl barrow 180m WNW of Nosehill Farm
9.8 km
Round barrow 250m south east of Greenfield Hill Barn
9.9 km
Bowl barrow 690m south west of Roel Farm
10 km
Belas Knap long barrow 600m ESE of Hill Barn Farm
10 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Village cross at Stanton

Village cross at Stanton stands on Lias Group, bedrock that formed in the Aalenian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, limestone and sandstone.

The wider landscape

Around Village cross at Stanton

AlcesterRoman town · ~14.5 milesGloucesterRoman town · ~17.7 milesCirencesterRoman town · ~20.3 milesDroitwichRoman town · ~21.2 milesBattle of Evesham 1265Battle (1265) · ~6.9 milesBattle of Stow (-on-the-Wold) 1646Battle (1646) · ~8 milesBattle of Tewkesbury (1471)Battle (1471) · ~11.1 milesBattle of Worcester 1651 with Powick Bridge 1642Battle (1651) · ~16.8 miles
Domesday entry for Stanton, Gloucestershire →
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