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Churchyard cross, St Peter's churchyard, is a medieval monument located in Lincolnshire. The structure belongs to a class of parish churchyard crosses that served both liturgical and social functions within medieval communities. Such crosses typically date from the medieval period and would have functioned as focal points for gatherings, processions, and outdoor worship within the churchyard. The surviving remains represent an important example of the religious and communal infrastructure that characterised English parishes during the medieval centuries.
Churchyard cross, St Peter's churchyard is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1011798. View the official record →
Churchyard cross, St Peter's churchyard, is a medieval monument located in Lincolnshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1011798.
Churchyard cross, St Peter's churchyard is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1011798.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Dovecote 250m north west of Barnby Hall (3.6 km), Westborough village cross (4.4 km), Saucer barrow 100m west of All Saints' Church (4.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Churchyard cross, St Peter's churchyard's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Churchyard cross, St Peter's churchyard stands on Lias Group, bedrock that formed in the Aalenian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, limestone and sandstone.