Barholm and Stowe

Barholm and Stowe

There is a  memorial cross in St Martin’s churchyard at Barholm and Stowe erected in 1919, to the memory of Captain Thomas Carew Trollope Bart. of the 1/1 Lincolnshire Yeomanry who died in 1915. It is listed as a war memorial although it is not a village memorial in the usual sense as it only commemorates one person. It is in the form of a standing cross with a crucifix head and re-uses a medieval socket stone which was presumably already located in the churchyard, although there are no records of it prior to this re-use.

Benniworth

Benniworth

The churchyard cross at Benniworth stands alone in a completely cleared area of the graveyard, 10m south of the tower – it is an almost surreal setting. The socket stone is massive but has a horizontal fault two-thirds up, that makes it look like two stones – indeed, Davies took it be so, but the unevenness of the joint confirms it is one stone with a major fault – the crack has been repaired with mortar in some places, which has dropped out in others.

Binbrook

Binbrook

There is a splendid cross situated about 3m to the east of the south porch of St Mary and St Gabriel’s church at Binbrook. Arguably it is a complete cross with base, shaft and head – although I have to say that my first impression was that only the upper part of the shaft had survived and had been re-erected in the socket stone.

Brigsley

Brigsley

There is a churchyard cross about 12m south of St Helen’s church, Brigsley, which has a socket stone anda portion of shaft surviving (overall height c. 1.5m). The base stands on some stone but there are no steps. The base is nearly square 0.71m (E-W) by 0.69m (N-S) with corners cut to octagonal and pointed stops. The socket stone is c.0.45m high.

Clixby

Clixby

All Hallows church, Clixby, is the 13th century chancel of a larger church which was a ruin until 1889, when the chancel was restored and a west porch added. It is now a CCT church.  The remains of the cross stand in the churchyard to the west of the church. If the nave had survived, it would have been at the west end of the nave or tower.

Corby Glen

Corby Glen

Corby Glen has a good classic market cross – still in the Market Place, although that has now inevitably declined to a car park. It is set on an octagonal base of three stone steps, which are mounted on a brick base. There is a Nattes drawing of this cross of 1804, showing it set beside the village stocks, before the brick base was added. A later drawing of c.1850 (Caroline Anne Brereton) shows the stocks gone and the brick base in place. The height of the stone steps is variable but c.0.3m. All the steps are medieval in date, with later repair represented by iron clamps.

Crowland – St Guthlac’s Cross

Guthlac’s stone has been researched and illustrated by many historians – it is illustrated in Camden’s Britannia (1695) and in Stukeley’s Itinerarium Curiosum (1724). There is much speculation as to the origin and meaning of the inscription, which appears to have been recut (possibly by the Spalding Gentlemen’s Society) in the 18th century. Camden recorded the inscription as: AIO/HANC/PETRAM/GVTHLACVS/HABET SI-/BI METAM

Crowland – St Vincent’s Cross

Here is a cross of no fixed abode . . . and with an identity problem! What we presently know as St Vincent’s Cross has also been called Kenulph’s Cross and Turketel’s Cross. It is situated just outside the Lincolnshire country boundary (now Peterborough District). The cross stood in a tiny, fenced enclosure in an arable field until 1991, when it was moved to a small, grassed area by the roadside some 250m to the north.

Crowland – Kenulph’s Cross

Kennulph’s Stone was one of the several boundary stones marking the lands of Crowland Abbey. The HER states: After a succession of lawsuits about the possessions of Crowland Abbey in the marshes, and the appointing, in 1389, of a commission to enquire into the marking of boundaries, new stone crosses were erected at Kenulfston and elsewhere. In 1394 men of Deeping destroyed the cross and were imprisoned in Lincoln Castle, where they remained till their friends set up another cross at Kenulfston.

Crowle

Crowle

Crowle churchyard cross is a large and imposing structure – so much so, that one can’t help but wonder if it was once the market cross, now come to rest in the churchyard – Crowle had a market charter from 1305 and Cross Street forms part of the old market place, although there are no references to a market cross.

Deeping St James

Deeping St James

Deeping St James cross is possibly the most written about cross in Lincolnshire on account of its demolition and rebuilding as a lock-up in 1819. The work was carried out by a local craftsman Tailby Johnson at a cost of nine shillings. We do have an image of the remains of the cross before its alteration (c.1800?) and it looks to be a large and impressive structure, although its shaft is missing and a small (iron?) cross has been fixed in its place.

Denton (1)

Denton (1)

A cross base and part of a shaft survive SW of the porch in the churchyard of St Andrews at Denton.  The socket-stone is approximately 0.77m square in section and stands up to 0.27m above the present ground surface. It is undecorated with a moulded and chamfered upper part which develops into a top of octagonal section; the upper edge is slightly chamfered.

Denton (2)

Denton (2)

Denton village cross stands on what was once the village green, east of the church – in 1715 a charity school was set up on part of the green, including where the cross stands. In 1894 a new school was built behind the old one, which became a private house – now Leys House – Thus the village cross is now located in its garden.

Digby

Digby

Denton village cross stands on what was once the village green, east of the church – in 1715 a charity school was set up on part of the green, including where the cross stands. In 1894 a new school was built behind the old one, which became a private house – now Leys House – Thus the village cross is now located in its garden.

Dorrington

Dorrington

Dorrington village cross was located on the village green adjacent to the village pump when mapped by the O.S. in 1888. Trollope says part of this green was known as ‘Play Garth’ and it also had a ‘remarkable oak. When we visited in June 2006 the cross was enclosed in the rose garden of No. 73 Main Street and inaccessible. By 2019, the bungalow had been demolished and a small development of new houses was in progress. The cross is now set apart from the adjacent houses (closest to No. 75) in a small enclosed and gravelled area.

Easton

Easton

This appears to be an entirely modern (1840) standing cross, erected at the entrance to Easton House (demolished 1951). The listing description states: Ashlar. Chamfered tapering cross shaft rises via roll and bar stop chamfers to square top supporting a cross on square base. The plinth sits on 2 steps and has chamfered angles with pyramidal stops and rolls.

Farlesthorpe

Farlesthorpe

A battered fragment of shaft survives at Farlesthorpe – We struggled to find it as the churchyard was overgrown, but eventually located it 15m south of the west porch of the church at the top of a slope. It is a fragment of octagonal cross shaft – no base visible. The shaft was 18 cms (across) octagonal and there were 4 dowel holes in its upper surface.

Firsby

Firsby

Firsby’s churchyard cross is mentioned in Allen (1834, p.147): ‘In the churchyard, at a short distance from the porch is a pillar of stone, which it is probable, at one time had a sun dial on its top’, and in Bonney’s Church Notes (for 1847): ‘Stump of cross S. side of the churchyard’ and Davies describes it thus: ‘The lower half of the base is square, and the upper half octagonal. It measures 31ins. by 32ins. The shaft is 5ft. 2ins. long and x111/2 ins. square at the bottom.’

Folkingham

Folkingham held a market charter from 1239 and the major feature of the town (now a village) was its long, thin market place lined with fine Georgian houses. It had a market cross but this seems to have been taken away in a town makeover around the 1790s. Creasey/Yerburgh (1825) writes: ‘In the middle of the market-place was a large pond, on each side of which were usually laid enormous piles of timber. Nearly opposite the Green Man public house, stood the Market-cross, Butchery, and Town-hall, which seemed to have been erected at a period when elegance and conveniency received little or no attention. On the opposite side of the market-place stood the House of Correction.’

Fosdyke

Fosdyke

Just a lonesome socket stone in the churchyard of All Saints at Fosdyke. It is a single block of limestone, c. 0.76m square with moulded and chamfered corners rising to an upper surface of octagonal section. It now is a maximum height of 0.3m above the present ground surface, the lower part of the stone being buried. On the upper surface of the stone is a rectangular socket for the cross shaft – now filled with water.

Freiston

Freiston

Freiston is an interesting case as the church here (St James) was originally a Benedictine Priory until dissolution in 1539. It is possible (but unlikely) that it served the local community as a church during its monastic phase, but after dissolution the nave of the monastic church was retained and converted into a parish church and the rest of the monastic structures were abandoned. The ‘churchyard’ cross is some distance from the church (c. 110m WNW) and an engraving from Thompson (1856) shows the cross not in a churchyard, but on open ground with a set of stocks adjacent.

Friesthorpe

Friesthorpe

There is just a socket stone at Friesthorpe, about  5m south of the south door of St Peter’s church. It is c.0.63 x 0.60m with simple chamfer on the upper edge. It is partly buried, with about 0.24m of it visible above ground. The socket is rectangular (0.21 x 0.23m) and is lined with lead. A small fragment of shaft survives in the very base of the socket.

Friskney

Friskney

Friskney’s remarkable  churchyard cross is first reported in Oldfield’s History of Wainfleet (1829, p.182) where he states: ‘Near the south gate of the churchyard is an ancient stone having a hole in the centre, in which was formerly fixed a stone pillar, either for the support of the rood cross or of a sundial. On the four corners of this stone are the mutilated figures of a man, a lion, an ox and an eagle.’

Fulbeck

Fulbeck

Fulbeck village cross stands on a small green to the south east of the church. Nattes drew the cross stump in 1805 showing three steps, the socket stone and a small section of shaft. He shows the village stocks adjacent and the church in the background. The cross was restored (over-restored?) in the mid nineteenth century, and a new shaft knop and head added.

Grimsby

Grimsby

The cross is presently situated in the churchyard, c.10m south of the south transept entrance to St James’s church. It is said (in the HER) to have been moved from the market place in 1847 – As the old market place is only a couple of hundred metres to the east, that seems highly probable, although the HER comments that ‘previously the stump and pedestal were on the North side of the church, while part of the stem was found elsewhere. The socket may predate the rest of the cross’.

Harlaxton

Harlaxton

Harlaxton village cross is located on a small green at a road junction in the centre of the village. It has been restored to create a sort of obelisk, although some parts of it appear to derive from a medieval cross. A newspaper report of 1889 (see below) suggests it was damaged in that year and given ‘an immediate and complete restoration’ by Mrs Sherwin Gregory.

Haxey (1) The Buttercross

Haxey (1) The Buttercross

This is one of three surviving crosses in Haxey which appears to be a market cross – it is sometimes known as ‘the Buttercross’ although there does not appear to be a market charter for Haxey. It is probably at the centre of what was the market place, although, sadly, this means it has now become a rather dismal traffic island – recently with protective iron bollards set around it.

Haxey (2) Mowbray Stone

Haxey (2) Mowbray Stone

This cross is at the east end of the church just beyond the churchyard wall on the pavement edge. It is known as Lady Mowbray’s Stone and is a large medieval socket  stone reused as a horse mounting block with rough steps added at the sides and modern brick repairs. It is adjacent to the churchyard and you can’t help but wonder if it was a churchyard cross moved out to its present secular position for a new role?

Haxey (3) Greenhill Cross

Haxey (3) Greenhill Cross

Greenhill cross is now somewhat hidden away on a much reduced green at the junction of Greenhill Road, High Street and Church Street. It has also (confusingly) been known as the Mowbray Cross (The Mowbrays were the medieval lords of Haxey manor). It shares its grassy mound (all that remains of the green, now a traffic island) with several trees which pretty much obscure it.

Horncastle

Horncastle

William Stukeley’s map of Horncastle, drawn c. 1722, shows a cross in the market place. This cross disappeared many years ago, however, one could argue there is still a cross in Horncastle market place, as the monument erected to the memory of Edward Stanhope in 1894 is a classic ‘spire-type’ cross, set in centre of the market place.

Huttoft

Huttoft

The strange tale of Huttoft churchyard cross . . . Davies tells us: ‘This cross was restored in the year 1895, but unfortunately it was blown down in a gale during 1903, and very much damaged. The present Rector and Churchwardens carefully gathered the broken portions and had the cross so skilfully re-erected and restored that the damage is hardly noticeable.’

Immingham

Immingham

In the churchyard of St Andrew’s, at Immingham, there is a socket stone mounted on a brick base – presumably to serve as a sundial. The stone is c. 0.65m square and c. 0.5m deep and has a fragment of broken shaft, still set in lead, in the socket which is cut flush with the top surface of the base. There are a series of fixing holes and a slot cut into its surface, typical of sundial fixings.

Kelstern

Kelstern

There is an interesting collection of stone objects in the churchyard at Kelstern – only one of which may relate to a standing cross. The grouping of stones is on the south side of the church, about 7m south of the nave, in line with the chancel arch, and comprises a socket stone, a possible shaft and a pile of stone fragments.  They will be described in this single report.

Kirton in Holland

Kirton in Holland

Kirton was granted a market charter in 1308 and became a busy market centre, the importance of the market and town only declining in the 20th century. The market place was on the wide road junction in front of (south of) the parish church of SS Peter and Paul. The 1887 O.S. 25” map shows the remains of the market cross along with a pump and a guide post still in place. Inevitably the whole of the area is now given over to traffic management.

Lincoln (The Obelisk)

Lincoln (The Obelisk)

There is one oddity that we might include as a ‘cross’ for Lincoln . . . on the High Bridge over the river Witham in Lincoln there once stood a small chantry chapel, built c.1235 and dedicated to St Thomas. Following the Reformation the chapel became a dwelling and shop and was eventually taken down in 1762. It was replaced with an extraordinary stone obelisk designed and built by John Dixon of Hull which functioned as a water supply with a conduit and cistern. This was altered in 1863 with the addition of a drinking fountain and public urinals (on the east side).

Linwood

Linwood

A socket stone holding a fragment of shaft, located in the churchyard of St Cornelius’s Church, Linwood. It is c. 12m south of the chancel in line (ish) with the chancel arch. The socket stone is quite badly eroded. No chamfer or corner decorations visible. Lead lining/fixing for shaft visible due to erosion. It is made of calcareous Tealby stone – and probably the shaft is also.

Marshchapel (2)

Marshchapel (2)

The remains of two standing crosses are in the churchyard of St Mary’s at Marshchapel and there is some slight confusion in the records of their descriptions and background, but cross number (2), which is (now) set on gravel to the north of the tower, is generally octagonal in shape, whereas number (1) – listed as a churchyard cross – has a square base.

Marton

Marton

Davies, writing in 1915, describes a cross base in Marton churchyard. He notes: ‘On the south side of the church stands a cross consisting of two steps, base, and an unusually long shaft’. He gives measurements for all the surviving elements of the cross. No cross is shown in Marton churchyard on early O.S. maps, but Monson’s Church notes of 1835 (p.261) records a cross shaft, and there is a Nattes drawing of Marton in 1793, showing the cross.

Metheringham

Metheringham

No market charter is recorded for Metheringham, but it has an ancient market cross and a Saturday market is recorded. White’s 1856 Directory records: ‘An ancient cross which stood in the village, was replaced by a new one in 1835, at the cost of about £25, and a market is now held round it on Saturday evenings’.

Mumby

Mumby

The base of a cross and part of the shaft in the churchyard of St Thomas of Canterbury’s church at Mumby. The socket stone is now partly buried with c.0.33m above the present ground surface. The socket stone is c.0.86m square – the upper part of the stone is octagonal in section with moulded corners and is deeply chamfered along the upper edge.

Reepham

William Marrat, writing on Reepham in 1816, notes: The base and steps of the cemetery cross remain yet in front of the south door [of the church]. A hundred years later, Davies reports only one step (almost buried in the ground) 1.78m square with a socket stone 0.94m square by 0.51m high and with a socket 0.3m square.

Scredington

Scredington

The cross on Mareham Lane has been variously described as a Roman milestone, a pilgrim cross and a wayside cross but is almost certainly a boundary cross . . . The earliest reference to the cross is in White’s 1856 Directory which states:’ In a field where there was formerly a lake or mere, is a Roman mile-stone, now called mere-stone.’

Somersby

Somersby

The village of Somersby is mostly famous as the birthplace of Alfred Lord Tennyson (1809 – 1892), the Poet Laureate for much of the Victorian period. But Somerby’s other claim to fame is its churchyard cross which is a fine example of a 14th century standing cross which has survived intact. It has been extensively photographed, drawn and discussed in print – it is Lincolnshire’s best known standing cross.

South Elkington

South Elkington

The churchyard cross at South Elkington is very close (3.5m) to the SW corner of the south porch, although the porch was presumably rebuilt in the 1840s restoration and may be larger than any medieval predecessor.
A socket stone with a levelled stump of shaft survives. It is interesting to note that when Davies recorded the stone in 1915, there was 0.2m above ground; in 1998, AP measured 0.15m and by 2024 there was only 0.12m showing above ground.

South Ormsby

South Ormsby

A socket stone with a portion of shaft survives in the churchyard of St Leonard’s at South Ormsby. Its position is most odd as it is at the extreme edge of the churchyard trapped between two fences – the iron railings of the churchyard, and a later post and rail fence for the field. Arguably, it is on the correct side of the church, for the main door/porch is on this north side, but it is unusually distant from the church. There is a drawing of the church by J C Nattes from c.1790 – this shows only the cross, no gravestones, and it looks to be far nearer the church, although it is difficult to be sure. It seems likely that the cross has been moved out towards the churchyard perimeter to permit new (perhaps high status) 19th century graves to be introduced.

Spilsby

Spilsby

Spilsby has a fine market cross – often termed the Buttercross – situated at the eastern end of Spilsby market place.

Its base is formed of five steps of limestone blocks, probably medieval in origin, which have been repaired and rebuilt with sandstone flags. Further additions were made in the present century when the lowest step was raised and the top of the uppermost step chamfered with a layer of mortar screed.

Springthorpe

Springthorpe

Springthorpe is included as a lost cross (and a modern cross) and this record arises from an intriguing entry in the book English Church Furniture edited by Edward Peacock and published in 1866. One might hope and expect it to include many records of churchyard crosses destroyed, but sadly it does not – except for one curious footnote under the entry for Springthorpe. The footnote records a marginal comment made in the register by the Springthorpe churchwarden at the time : [1563] Roland Chambers of Kirton and Mabel Wilson were married 22 Nov and on the same night the cross in the cemetery was overthrown.

Stainton by Langworth (2)

Stainton by Langworth (2)

There has been a church at Stainton from at least the thirteenth century and probably from long before that. In 1795 the incumbent, George Bassett, applied for and was granted a faculty, stating that ‘the parish church of Stainton being a very old building suddenly fell down and was obliged to be entirely rebuilt . . . the parishioners have erected and built a very good church on the scite of the old one.’ The resultant church is thus entirely eighteenth century, incorporating a few medieval features from the original church. These now include a large octagonal font bowl with ‘ballflower’ decoration.
In 1846, Archdeacon Bonney, reportedly found this font bowl lying upside down in the churchyard (Harding, 1937, pp137-8). Everson and Stocker think the base on which the font now sits is the spurred base of a twelfth-century pier shaft, however Hilary and I think it more likely to be a socket stone from a lost churchyard cross.

Swineshead (1) Market cross

Swineshead (1) Market cross

Swineshead was an important market town and held a market charter for a Thursday market from  1227 – it is said that the market prospered until the middle if the 17th century when it was suppressed by the corporation of Boston. The base of a market cross survives in Swineshead market place. These days it is a part of a landscaped and planted area surrounded by railings and dominated by a war memorial,  but historic photographs show it in an open square adjacent to the village stocks.

Swinstead

Swinstead

There is a village cross at Swinstead  set on a small triangular space (now a traffic island) to the north west of the parish church. It was drawn by Nattes in 1804 and he shows it grouped with the village stocks and communal well. It comprises two octagonal steps surmounted by a square plinth, socket stone and a short fragment of shaft..

Thurlby

Thurlby

There are remains of a standing cross in the churchyard of St Germain’s church at Thurlby, located c.13m west of the tower. The setting is under a fabulous cedar tree although, sadly, this has become storm damaged in recent years. The cross comprises a ‘plinth’, a single step, a socket stone and a portion of cross shaft.

Toynton St Peter

Toynton St Peter

There is a standing cross just 2.6m from the west door of St Peter’s church at Toynton St Peter. It comprises a socket stone and a sizeable portion of cross shaft. It is a most interesting cross because the socket stone has figure carvings on its corners – but the figures appear to be upside-down  – In other words, the socket stone was in use the other way up  for something else, before it was a socket stone. Pevsner suggests it was a square font bowl, inverted and converted to form a cross base.

Ulceby

Ulceby

There is a churchyard cross about 8m south of the nave of St Nicholas church, Ulceby – adjacent to the path to the south porch. It is all square in plan and comprises a socket stone set on a plinth with a short piece of cross shaft. The base is set in a roughly paved area in an otherwise largely cleared area of churchyard.

Utterby

Utterby

There is a churchyard cross south east of the south porch of St Andrew’s Church in Utterby. When Hilary first photographed this cross in December 1991, its two steps were visible but the socket stone was engulfed in ivy. Six years later when Alison surveyed it for scheduling, all was completely covered by ivy (see her survey drawing) and it seems she must have assessed it by feel alone! Thankfully when Hilary and I visited in 2007, it had been cleared and we were able to make a measured survey of the stones.

Waddingworth

Waddingworth

Here is a cross base which has escaped designation and that none of us have seen – except for Richard Croft who photographed it in 2014. It is in the churchyard of St Margaret’s church – now in private ownership – a fact which dissuaded both AP and DS/HH from visiting at the time, although current owners are (reportedly) happy to allow access.

Waithe

Waithe

Archdeacon Bonney visited Waithe on 6 August 1846 and recorded: ‘The remains of the cross on S. side of the ch. yard.’
James Fowler restored Waithe church in 1861 and is presumed to have restored the churchyard cross during the process. The only medieval parts to survive are the socket stone, and possibly parts of the lowest step.

Washingborough

Washingborough

Washingborough did not hold a market charter, but its village cross has all the stature of a good market cross. Four substantial steps and a large socket stone with a tolerable Edwardian restoration of shaft and cross-head. There is a charming painting by the Revd Sibthorp of the cross in the mid 19th century – prior to restoration which shows that the base and socket stone have not been substantially altered by the successive restorations and repairs.

Wellingore

Wellingore

There is a fine village cross at Wellingore which has been moved from the centre of the village to a small green at the northern end of the village. The move was carried out in 1931 when the village High Street was by-passed to allow motor buses to pass through without mishap. The village cross was in the way of the new A607, Cliff Road.

Welton

Welton

There is a modern churchyard cross at the west end of St Mary’s church in Welton. It commemorates Dr Richard Smith, founder of Christ’s Hospital School, Lincoln (the Bluecoats School). Smith was born in Welton in 1533 and was buried in the churchyard in 1602. He was also notable for being the physician to Lord Burleigh at the court of Elizabeth I. The cross was dedicated in the presence of a large assembly on Thursday 8 September 1910.

Weston (1)

Weston (1)

The cross in Weston churchyard seems to have been relocated there from the village, for Nattes (c.1800) has a drawing of something very similar,  labelled as: ‘Remains of the cross in a wall near the Inn at Weston’. The Inn is presumably the Chequers Inn (later, The Carter’s Arms) adjacent to the church. The church guide records that the cross was restored in1897 (modelled on the Somersby cross) as part of Queen Victoria’s Jubilee celebrations.

Weston (2)

Weston (2)

Weston’s second cross is possibly the remains of a wayside cross that was found at Beggar’s Bush crossroads in August 1895. A brief report in the Stamford Mercury of 23 August 1895 states: ‘the base of the old parish cross has been unearthed at Weston, on the road leading to St John’s. It is an interesting relic of bygone days.’

Whaplode

Whaplode

Whaplode has an interesting cross, situated in the churchyard of St Mary’s.  It is shown on Nattes’s drawing of the church of c.1800 and certainly seems to be within the churchyard at that time – but it is in a very odd position which does not relate to the church in the way that churchyard crosses usually do – i.e. sited close to the main entrance or former main entrance.

Winterton

Winterton

Winterton held a market charter from 1334 and it is possible that the cross remains in All Saints churchyard may be a relocated market cross. However, its position, c.4m from the main entrance door to the church is also perfectly valid for a churchyard cross. The cross is shown in the same position in J C Nattes’s drawing of Winterton church c.1800.

Winthorpe

Winthorpe

When Archdeacon Bonney (p.184) visited Winthorpe on 25 October 1847, he commented: ‘Stump of a cross on the S. side of Ch. yard. Ch. yard ample and fenced with a ditch and post and rail.’  The Boston Guardian of 2 July 1880, reporting the restoration of the church fabric, noted: ‘In the churchyard is an ancient stone cross raised on three steps, the pedestal of which supports a dial’.  Davies recorded the cross in 1915 and states: ‘The base … is bevelled at the top and has a shield on each side …The shaft is carved for about 9 in. at the bottom’. He does not mention the sundial. Early postcard photographs of Winthorpe, St Mary’s, show the cross stump near the church porch.

Witham on the Hill (1)

Witham on the Hill (1)

There are no early references to a churchyard cross at St Andrew’s in Witham on the Hill, and Davies does not record a cross in the churchyard, although he does record a village cross: ‘The base, with a portion of shaft, stands in the Park just outside the village. It was removed by General Johnson many years ago from the hamlet of Lound in this parish.’ More recent attempts to locate this village cross have failed and it seems quite possible that it is the elements of this village cross that were brought to the churchyard in 1920, to create the present war memorial.

Wrangle

Wrangle

The cross remains in the churchyard of St Mary and St Nicholas at Wrangle are a bit of an oddity – and may not even be the parts of a standing cross. They are located a few metres south of the south porch of the church and comprise a socket stone with a portion of shaft, having a bronze sundial set on the top. They are in the right place for a cross – and also in the right place for a sundial!