Folville Cross.
Publisher: www.reprintuk.com
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Loughborough
Language: eng
Number of pages: 12
Description: An attempt to provide a case that the cross' name is a misnomer, i.e. that the folklore tradition which ascribes the cross' name to the well-known brigand Eustace Folville (d.1346) is anachronistic and incorrect.  A case is made that the cross is more likely to have been erected considerably earlier (C12-C13) by Launde Abbey to mark the parish boundary of Ashby Folville, the tithe rights of which were held by the abbey.
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