St Cross has just under 500 graduate students at any one time, studying for degrees in all subjects.

As a result of the large international community at St Cross, the college strives to cater a wide range of events from other cultures.

St Cross was created a separate parish in July 1935.

There also was once a water mill sited just outside of the village on the road towards St Cross.

This chapel was the parish church from 1521 until the building of the church of St Cross in 1781.

St Cross had had no need of a font prior to this as it had not been a parish church.

It was later dug up and returned to St Cross.

Some colleges, such as St Cross and Linacre, accept only graduate students.

St Cross is a large building to the north of the village which was formerly a boys' school.

He retired from his see in December 1919, and died at St Cross, Winchester.