Information for record number MWA4168:
Site of Medieval Cross, Newton Road

Summary The site of a Medieval wayside cross. The cross stood at the cross roads 500m south of Newton. No traces of the cross remain.
What Is It?  
Type: Cross, Wayside Cross
Period: Medieval (1066 AD - 1539 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Newton and Biggin
District: Rugby, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 53 77
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

  
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1 Between Newton and Clifton is a spot called St Thomas' Cross at the crossroads where may still be seen a large stone with a hole in the centre, which at one time formed part of the basement of a Cross that stood there. It is said also that at one time some remains of stone pavement were discovered in a field near the Cross, indicating an ancient hospitum or small convent, probably in connection with the chapel which formerly existed in Newton (PRN 4167).
2 The base stone on which the Cross was fixed lay by the side of the road opposite St Thomas' Cross Inn. There is now no sign of the Cross or base.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: Rugby Past and Present
Author/originator: Wait W
Date: 1893
Page Number: 200
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Source No: 2
Source Type: Record Card/Form
Title: OS Card 57NW18
Author/originator: Ordnance Survey
Date: 1956
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: 57NW18
   
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source OS Card Ordnance Survey Record Card. Before the 1970s the Ordnance Survey (OS) were responsible for recording archaeological monuments during mapping exercises. This helped the Ordnance Survey to decide which monuments to publish on maps. During these exercises the details of the monuments were written down on record cards. Copies of some of the cards are kept at the Warwickshire Sites and Monuments Record. The responsibility for recording archaeological monuments later passed to the Royal Commission on Ancient and Historic Monuments. back
period Medieval 1066 AD to 1539 AD (the 11th century AD to the 16th century AD)

The medieval period comes after the Saxon period and before the post medieval period.

The Medieval period begins in 1066 AD.
This was the year that the Normans, led by William the Conqueror (1066 – 1087), invaded England and defeated Harold Godwinson at the Battle of Hastings in East Sussex.
The Medieval period includes the first half of the Tudor period (1485 – 1603 AD), when the Tudor family reigned in England and eventually in Scotland too.

The end of the Medieval period is marked by Henry VIII’s (1509 – 1547) order for the Dissolution of the Monasteries in the years running up to 1539 AD. The whole of this period is sometimes called the Middle Ages.
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monument INN * A public house for the lodging and entertainment of travellers, etc. back
monument SITE * Unclassifiable site with minimal information. Specify site type wherever possible. back
monument PAVEMENT * A path or road for pedestrians, laid or beaten in with stones or other materials. back
monument STONE * Use only where stone is natural or where there is no indication of function. back
monument WAYSIDE CROSS * A cross erected by the side of the road. back
monument CROSSROADS * A road junction where two (or occasionally more) roads cross each other. back
monument ROAD * A way between different places, used by horses, travellers on foot and vehicles. back
monument FIELD * An area of land, often enclosed, used for cultivation or the grazing of livestock. back
monument CHAPEL * A freestanding building, or a room or recess serving as a place of Christian worship in a church or other building. Use more specific type where known. back
monument BASEMENT * Component. Use wider site type where known. back
monument SIGN * A board, wall painting or other structure displaying advice, giving information or directions back
monument CROSS * A free-standing structure, in the form of a cross (+), symbolizing the structure on which Jesus Christ was crucified and sacred to the Christian faith. Use specific type where known. back

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