Monument record MDO8673 - Staple Cross, Christchurch
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Summary
Medieval roadside cross located at the junction of five roads and on parish boundary. It has a circular pedestal base of two steps surmounted by a square stepped and chamfered socket stone - badly chipped. Into this is set a fragmentary shaft, 0.6m high, the head and arms of which are missing.
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Full Description
The remains of an ancient cross. I have known it, since I was a boy, as a 'Butter' cross. It has something to do with the Plague. A circular pedestal base of two steps surmounted by a square stepped and chamfered socket-stone - badly chipped on its west corner - into which is set a fragmentary shaft 0.6m high, the head and arms of which are now missing. Situated on a small mound 0.8m high at the junction of four roads, the parish boundary passes through it. <3>
The cross is as described but the mound has been completely levelled. Published 1:1250 revised. <4>
Roadside cross located at the junction of five roads and on parish boundary. It has a circular pedestal base of two steps surmounted by a square stepped and chamfered socket stone - badly chipped. Into this is set a fragmentary shaft, 0.6m high, the head and arms of which are missing. (1)
Now a scheduled ancient monument (Dorset 828) thought to be post-medieval in date. The structure was dismantled in 1946 but is now reset.
The second paragraph was taken from an English Hertiage field monument warden's report held at Dorset CC (Leech, P, 1987, FILE AA 60556/1)
Sources/Archives (7)
- <1> SWX1540 Map: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey Map 6in. 6 inch to 1 mile. 1931-38.
- <2> SDO17452 Unpublished document: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey Object Name Book reference revision. 1939.
- <3> SWX3798 Unpublished document: Woodhouse, W C. Various. Field Investigators Comments WCW. F1 WCW 15-JUL-54.
- <3.1> SDO20265 Verbal communication: Browner, G. Mr George Browner, FCS Local Antiquarian.
- <3.2> SDO20266 Verbal communication: Wren, D F. Oral: Mr D F Wren (Farmer), Staplecross Farm, Christchurch. 15.7.54.
- <4> SWX1161 Unpublished document: Aldsworth, F G. Various. Field Investigators Comments FGA. F2 FGA 31-MAR-69.
- <5> SDO14739 Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 458537.
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Location
| Grid reference | SZ 17190 93806 (point) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | SZ19SE |
Protected Status/Designation
Other Statuses/References
- Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 8 000 010
- Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SZ 19 SE 9
- Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 458537
Record last edited
Nov 8 2023 5:21PM