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Windows Longhorn Milestone 3 Build 3683 (6.0.3683 is a Lab06 (Shell) build, compiled on 6:21 PM on October 23, 2002) It is the first publicly-leaked Longhorn build, and features Plex, a WPF Desktop Settings control panel applet (although it's broken), a Sidebar (The sidebar is built into Explorer) and a new preview pane.The monument currently known as Bewys Cross is the steps, plinth and truncated shaft of an ancient cross of uncertain age (?? 14th/15th century) which used to stand on the shore of the River Severn near what is now Avonmouth, Bristol, UK, apparently close to where the drainage channel called Elbury Gout flowed into the Severn at the northernmost pont of Shirehampton tithing. It now stands beside a pond in the grounds of Kingsweston School, a school for children with disabilities close to Kings Weston House. Local tradition has it that in the 12th century (surely an exaggeration of its age) sailors showed their gratitude to God for their safe return by leaving donations to the church at the cross, and there is a hole in one of the steps which is said to have received their coins. Bewys Cross was re-erected at Kingsweston, which was the home of the local "squires", the Miles family, at some time between 1787 and 1868, and moved to its present position after the Second World War by the subsequent owners of the Kingsweston estate, Bristol City Council. There is an image of the Cross at [1].

The Cross should not be confused with Bewell's Cross in Bristol. The origin of the name is uncertain. There is a Bevis Cross in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, which may be relevant. There may be an echo in both cross-names of the medieval legendary hero Sir Bevis of Hampton. There is a mention in 1551 (Bristol Record Office document P.Hen/Ch/1/7) of a place called Bewehurste at Compton in the nearby parish of Almondsbury, which is of uncertain relevance, but it could have been involved in the creation of the current name.

References

Hunt, J.M. (1990) Notes on the old stone crosses of the county of Avon. Avon Past 15, 21-30, on pp. 24-26.
Kölbing, Eugen, ed. (1885-94) The romance of Sir Beues of Hamtoun. London: published for the Early English Text Society by Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co.
Thomas, Ethel (1993) Shirehampton story (2nd edn). Privately published, 23-25.

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The build is stable enough for everyday use. Windows applications requiring Windows XP can be run with Compatibility mode. Also, some apps requiring a certain Service Pack can be installed by changing CSDVersion in the registry.

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 Windows Longhorn Milestone 3 Build 3683 (6.0.3683 is a Lab06 (Shell) build, compiled on 6:21 PM on October 23, 2002)
-It is the first publicly-leaked Longhorn build, and features Plex, a WPF Desktop Settings control panel applet (although it's broken), a Sidebar (The sidebar is built into Explorer) and a new preview pane.
+It is the first publicly-leaked Longhorn build, and features Plex, a WPF Desktop Settings control panel applet (although it's broken), a Sidebar (The sidebar is built into Explorer) and a new preview pane.The monument currently known as '''Bewys Cross''' is the steps, [[plinth]] and truncated shaft of an ancient cross of uncertain age (?? 14th/15th century) which used to stand on the shore of the [[River Severn]] near what is now [[Avonmouth]], [[Bristol]], [[UK]], apparently close to where the drainage channel called Elbury Gout flowed into the Severn at the northernmost pont of [[Shirehampton]] tithing. It now stands beside a pond in the grounds of Kingsweston School, a school for children with disabilities close to [[Kings Weston House]]. Local tradition has it that in the 12th century (surely an exaggeration of its age) sailors showed their gratitude to God for their safe return by leaving donations to the church at the cross, and there is a hole in one of the steps which is said to have received their coins. Bewys Cross was re-erected at Kingsweston, which was the home of the local "squires", the Miles family, at some time between 1787 and 1868, and moved to its present position after the [[Second World War]] by the subsequent owners of the Kingsweston estate, [[Bristol City Council]]. There is an image of the Cross at [http://www.kingsweston.bristol.sch.uk/history.htm].
+The Cross should not be confused with [[Bewell's Cross]] in Bristol. The origin of the name is uncertain. There is a [[Bevis Cross]] in [[Wisbech]], [[Cambridgeshire]], which may be relevant. There may be an echo in both cross-names of the medieval legendary hero [[Sir Bevis of Hampton]]. There is a mention in 1551 (Bristol Record Office document P.Hen/Ch/1/7) of a place called ''Bewehurste'' at Compton in the nearby parish of [[Almondsbury]], which is of uncertain relevance, but it could have been involved in the creation of the current name.
+==References==
+*Hunt, J.M. (1990) Notes on the old stone crosses of the county of Avon. ''Avon Past'' '''15''', 21-30, on pp. 24-26.
+*[[Eugen Kölbing|Kölbing, Eugen]], ed. (1885-94) ''The romance of Sir Beues of Hamtoun.'' London: published for the [[Early English Text Society]] by Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co.
+*Thomas, Ethel (1993) ''Shirehampton story'' (2nd edn). Privately published, 23-25.
+{{coord|51.49523|-2.65872|type:landmark_region:GB|display=title}}
+[[Category:Buildings and structures in Bristol]]
+[[Category:Monuments and memorials in England]]
+[[Category:Archaeological sites in Bristol]]
 The build is stable enough for everyday use. Windows applications requiring Windows XP can be run with Compatibility mode. Also, some apps requiring a certain Service Pack can be installed by changing CSDVersion in the registry.