This lives in the village that I grew up in the UK. My family still lives there. It was placed there in 938 AD, so is almost 1,100 years old. It was a large column with a cross on it but was broken around 1550 after Henry VIII sought to remove the power of the church during the Reformation.
"In medieval times justice was often dispensed quickly at the hands of the mob, or by family vengeance. Refuge for people on the run could be found in a few large churches that offered the privilege of sanctuary"
http://walkington-life.co.uk/home/th...nctuary-stone/