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Roisia's Cross

Coordinates: 52°02′53.06″N 0°01′26.83″W / 52.0480722°N 0.0241194°W / 52.0480722; -0.0241194
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The Royse Stone, the remaining footstone of Roisia's Cross

Roisia's Cross is a cross in Royston, Hertfordshire, at the crossroads of Ermine Street and the Icknield Way (cum Ashwell Street).[1]

Most likely it was in the southeast angle of the crossroads in the parish of Barkway. This was in the fee of the Lordship of Newsells. The first recorded owner was Eudo Dapifer, steward to William the Conqueror. Whether there was some monument predating this remains a matter for speculation. However, the footstone still exists. The 18th century antiquarian Reverend William Stukeley described it as:

A flatish stone, of very great bulk, with a square hole or mortaise, in the centre, wherein was let the foot of the upright stone or tenon, which was properly the cross.

References

  1. ^ "Royston". North Hertfordshire District Council. Retrieved 17 June 2009.

52°02′53.06″N 0°01′26.83″W / 52.0480722°N 0.0241194°W / 52.0480722; -0.0241194