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Churchyard cross, St Peter's churchyard is a medieval stone cross situated in the parish churchyard at St Peter's Church in Lincolnshire. The monument dates to the medieval period, when such crosses were commonly erected in churchyards throughout England, serving both spiritual and practical functions as focal points for the parish community. The cross represents the type of ecclesiastical monument that would have been integral to medieval religious and social life, though its precise date of construction within the medieval period remains to be definitively established in the scholarly record. As a scheduled ancient monument, the cross retains archaeological and historical significance as evidence of medieval parish organisation and material culture.
Churchyard cross, St Peter's churchyard is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1013535. View the official record →
Churchyard cross, St Peter's churchyard is a medieval stone cross situated in the parish churchyard at St Peter's Church in Lincolnshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1013535.
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 1013535.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Eresby Hall: the remains of a post-medieval house and gardens overlying a medieval manor house (2 km), Spilsby market cross (2.7 km), Churchyard cross, St Andrew's churchyard (3 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 West Walton Formation, Ampthill Clay Formation And Kimmeridge Clay Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Kimmeridgian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.