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Photo Pages: Folville Cross - Ancient Cross in England in Leicestershire and Rutland
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Submitted by enkidu41 on Monday, 16 August 2004 Page Views: 2534
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 Site Name: Folville Cross Country: England County: Leicestershire and Rutland Type: Ancient Cross
Nearest Town: Melton Mowbray Nearest Village: Ashby Folville
Map Ref: SK715134
Latitude: 52.713546N Longitude: 0.943036W
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   Folville Cross submitted by enkidu41
Ancient cross in Leicestershire and Rutland.
This 3' high, 4 sided cross-shaft stands at the edge of a field to the west side of a crossroads on the parish boundary.
It is probable that it is the eroded remains of a deliberately worked shaft, although at first glance it looks like a standing stone.
Early in fifteenth century Sir Roger Beler, a judge and baron of the Exchequer, was killed in a duel with Sir Eustace de Folville (or, more probably, simply murdered) and local tradition says that this cross shaft marks the site. The location is eminently suited as a meeting place for such an encounter, being on the parish boundary as well as at a crossroads. The Folville family have been described as 'the most lawless gang of bandits that ever dominated the Leicestershire countryside since the Norman conquest' and their pastimes included cattle rustling, kidnapping, intimidation, robbery and murder.
Based on the description by, and used by kind permission of, Bob Trubshaw, from his Interactive
Little-known Leicestershire and Rutland CD-ROM.
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