ST CROSS, ST CROSS ROAD

The church stands at the point where Manor Road leaves St Cross Road. St Cross has a twelfth-century chancel. There is evidence that the building at this period was almost as large as it is at present. The west tower and the original north and south aisles date from the mid-thirteenth century. The north arcade and aisle were rebuilt in the middle of the fourteenth century, and the top stage of the tower was added about the same time. Both the aisles were pulled down at some unknown date in the sixteenth century, but the west bay of the north aisle and the east part of the south aisle were left untouched. There was a thorough restoration in the nineteenth century. (From Goulder, Pilgrimage Pamphlets: Oxford & Cambridge, 1963)

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