Listed Building record MDO4517 - Medieval cross, Okeford Fitzpaine

The remains of a medieval stone cross comprising a base formed from two steps and a plinth with chamfered corners, into which is set the base of a shaft. This cross probably dates to the early fourteenth century.

A cross, standing on what was once Okeford Fitzpaine village green, consists of two steps with a socket stone about 3 feet square and 1 3/4 feet deep. The square set shaft has been sawn off level with the base. Probably early 14th century. (Pope 1906)

ST 80631092 The remains of Okeford Fitzpaine Medieval Village cross consists of a worn base of two massive steps, the lower being 2.4m square x 0.4m high with a chamfered plinth, and the upper 1.8m x 1.6m x 0.2m high; supporting a socket stone 0.9m x 0.8m x 0.55m high, which is square to octagonal with broached corners. The sawn-off cross shaft base, 0.35m square, remains visible.

A plaque set on the north side of the steps, records that the cross was renovated in 1953.

Surveyed at 1:2500 on AM. (Stone 1978)

National Record of the Historic Environment, 206220 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Stone, J W, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigator's Comments JWS, F1 JWS 06-MAR-78 (Unpublished document). SDO11902.

Ordnance Survey, OS55/F184/3 (Aerial Photograph). SDO18589.

Ordnance Survey, OS78/F17/14A (Aerial Photograph). SDO18590.

Ordnance Survey, OS78/F17/15A (Aerial Photograph). SDO18591.

Pope, A, 1906, Old Stone Crosses of Dorset, 76-77 Photograph (Bibliographic reference). SWX1408.

Royal Commission on Historic Monuments, 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume III (Central) Part 2, 203 No 4 (Monograph). SDO136.

‘(4) CROSS, remains, 160 yds. N.W. of (1), are of ashlar and comprise a chamfered plinth and two square steps on which rests an octagonal cross-base, chamfered on top and with broach stops occupying the corners of th e square. The tenon of the cross-shaft still lodges in a square mortice at the centre of the octagon, but the rest has gone.’

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Nov 3 2025 4:15PM