Monument record MDO43749 - Boundary cross at Cross Pool

Site of Mediaeval wayside cross or boundary cross at Cross Pool. This was alleged to have been removed to the church. The so-called cross by the church porch (SZ09NE55) does not appear to be the same, since that appears to be a grave slab.

A tradition exists that a cross formerly stood close by the roadside pool called Cross Pool. <1>.

The stone (near the Church Porch) "is said to have been brought from near Cross Pond, 1/2 mile north of the church, and perhaps marked a boundary of the Church Lands".<2>. <1-2>

(SZ 08779760) The site of Cross Pool was pointed out on the map by Mr. T. Dayrell-Reed. The pond is shown on the OS 6" 1940, but has now been completely filled and its site is grass covered. From the tradition it seems possibly a Medieval boundary (or wayside?) cross stood near the pond, but it seems unlikely that the `cross' by the church porch (dealt with on SZ 09 NE 55) is the one in question, for it appears to be a tomb slab and not a wayside or boundary cross. No other information upon this cross was obtained during field work in the area. <3>

<1> Pope, A, 1906, Old Stone Crosses of Dorset, 79-80 (Bibliographic reference). SWX1408.

<2> Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, 1931, Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1930, 52 (Serial). SDO34.

<3> Quinnell, N V, Various, Field Investigators Comments NVQ, F1 NVQ 25-NOV-55 (Unpublished document). SDO11903.

<3.1> Dayrell Reed, T, Oral: T Dayrell-Reed, Wood Town Farm, West Parley, 25.11.55 (Verbal communication). SDO17297.

<4> National Record of the Historic Environment, 457842 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Feb 28 2023 2:45PM