Studland village cross

Many Dorset village crosses are very old, but one of the newest embraces its modernity, portraying Concorde, the double helix and a World War 2 bomb among ancient features such as vines and knots. It stands near St Nicholas’s church, Studland.

This masterpiece was created by the late Trevor Haysom, arguably the greatest Purbeck quarryman of his generation and author of the definitive Purbeck Stone. The stone for the cross came from his quarry between Worth Matravers and St Aldhelm’s Head.

The carving was not finished by the date when the Bishop of Salisbury was booked to dedicate the cross, so it was erected temporarily and rather precariously, and choirboys were positioned round it to stop it being knocked over.

Nearest postcode: BH19 3AJ
OS reference: SZ036824
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