Stump Cross

Stump Cross is a medieval wayside cross, possibly dating from the 12th century, located on Ferrybridge Road in Pontefract. It is made of grey ashlar limestone and has a rectangular plan measuring approximately 600 millimetres by 500 millimetres and about 350 millimetres high. The top side features a large square socket, and each side has three round-topped recessed panels that create an arcade, with the spacing closer on the narrower sides.

The stone is enclosed by a railing that has a canted ashlar coping supporting early 20th-century circular wrought-iron bars, which are bent outwards at the top and include mid and top rails, along with spear finials on the corner standards. Inside the enclosure, a tree and saplings are growing. The cross base is situated on the boundary of the Borough of Pontefract, at the junction of an ancient boundary lane and a main road.

In Pontefract Museum, there are two fragments of the cross shaft, one that was formerly in Darrington Church and another from a barn at Bubwith Farm; one fragment depicts a figure on a horse, while the other shows a seated figure.