Monument record 0456600000 - N SIDE OF UPPER STREET

Dimensions - Length 450mm, Width 380mm.
Boundary mark where clergy customarily met funeral processions from Lee & Doddershall hamlets to take them to the parish church. Situated about 1 furlong W of Quainton Cross, on Causeway (B1,B4-5).
The stone, measuring c.380mm X 450mm, is set into the pavement on the N side of Upper Street [at NGR] & is engraved with a Maltese type cross (B2).
Stone slab with cross inscribed in it, set in the footpath outside No.36 Upper Road. Recorded as a cortege cross on the NMR database (B3).

The cross does not appear on historic maps of the village and, as it has no diagnostic architectural details, can not be dated. It is a single irregular limestone block, or flagstone, measuring approximately 0.3m across. The upper face is incised with two narrow channels forming a rudimentary cross. Not to be confused with the 15th century village cross which stands at the north end of the village green about 200m to the east. Visit on 25/11/1997 revealed that the stone is no longer in its original location, having been moved north by some 1.5m (from the pavement to the verge) about 15 years ago in order to protect it from vehicle damage and roadworks.The upper surface is still more or less at ground level, only now the stone is set in a rectangle of concrete and surrounded by a rough margin of bricks. There is a small post with a broze plaque inscribed 'Quainton Parish Burials Acceptance Stone' next to the cross, erected by the Parish Council (6).
This record includes National Record of the Historic Environment Information provided by Historic England on 4 June 2025 licensed under the Open Government Licence (7).