sentences:  To the southwest is Charlemont and Grove Vale and to the north is Friar Park.Stone Cross takes its name from a wayside cross which stood until the 1890s - a replica was unveiled in 2002.It was a largely rural area until the late 1920s, when West Bromwich council built a large council housing development in the area, to the west of Walsall Road, which joined up with the new Friar Park estate, another council housing development.