Bewys Cross (Remains), wayside cross in City of Bristol

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What is recorded here

Bewys Cross is the moved remnant of a medieval wayside cross once standing on the Severn bank near the Avon mouth, now kept within Royal Edward Dock.

Unknown medieval stoneworkers probably made the cross in the fifteenth century, although its exact date and original dedication remain uncertain.

Its prominent riverbank position marked an old route and may have guided travellers near the meeting of the Avon and Severn.

Eighteenth-century maps record Bevis's Cross, while later dock work documented the structure before removing it from the altered shoreline.

Stone steps, a plinth and the lower truncated shaft survive after relocation within the dock estate.

It matters because a small moved fragment preserves the earlier river landscape erased by Avonmouth's docks and redirected channel.

Sources checked 16 August 2026.

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