This is a village cross in Gainford, County Durham, It has probably a medieval base which supports a later Victorian cross of 1897. The Cross was sculpted by Issac Charge and Son, of Gainford. The cross has a slightly battered sheft and Saxon type head. The inscrption on the west face of the shaft reads; IN THANKFUL COMMEMORATION OF THE SIXTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ACCESSION OF QUEEN VICTORIA ON JUNE 20TH 1897. THIS CROSS WAS RE-ERECTED AND TREES PLANTED ON THE GREEN BY THE INHABITANTS OF GAINFORD