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Bewell's Cross

Bewell's Cross was a large medieval stone cross and boundary marker on the northern edge of the County of Bristol.

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Bewell's Cross was a large medieval stone cross and boundary marker on the northern edge of the County of Bristol. It was also the site of the city gallows from at least the fifteenth century till 1820. The surviving stump of the Cross was dug up in 1829.

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51.46° N, -2.60° E