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Wayside cross at Stumps Cross is a medieval wayside cross located in Gloucestershire, England. The monument dates to the medieval period and served a devotional or directional function along what was likely an important local route or meeting place. The cross survives as a stone structure, characteristic of wayside crosses erected throughout the medieval landscape to mark boundaries, indicate directions, or serve as focal points for prayer and community gathering. Such monuments are valuable indicators of the pattern of movement and religious observance in medieval Gloucestershire.
Wayside cross at Stumps Cross is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1015388. View the official record →
Wayside cross at Stumps Cross is a medieval wayside cross located in Gloucestershire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1015388.
Wayside cross at Stumps 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 1015388.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 690m south west of Roel Farm (6.1 km), Bowl barrow 760m south of Roel Farm (6.3 km), Medieval and later settlement remains and associated fields at Hawling (7.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Wayside cross at Stumps 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.
Wayside cross at Stumps Cross stands on Inferior Oolite Group, bedrock that formed in the Bathonian. The rock here is limestone, sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.