| Parish/District | Aisthorpe/West Lindsey |
| Location | Aisthorpe churchyard (Lost Cross) |
| Category | Churchyard cross/ Lost cross |
| National Grid Ref | c. SK 94638016 |
| Designation | None |
| Stone Type | – |
| Refs | The Lincolnshire HER has a record for this cross base |
| Visits | DS/DAS: 14 Feb 2015 |
The Lincolnshire Historic Environment Record records a socket stone in Aisthorpe churchyard ‘which was raised from where it was sunk in the earth … and replaced in the same position. The top face of the 1m square base, with a large socket, was visible in 1964 almost flush with the ground … It was in very poor condition, chipped, flaking and overgrown’.
The churchyard is now very overgrown and recent attempts to locate this cross base have failed.
In 1866 the Lincoln Diocesan Architectural Society described the old church as ‘miserable in character’, prompting Rev. Robert William Otter (Rector of Aisthorpe 1850-1875) to commission and pay for a new St. Peter’s church. The church was rebuilt by architect Thomas Chambers Hine of Nottingham in a neo-Early English style and completed by 1868.
St. Peter’s church was listed grade II in November 1966 but has been closed for many years due to access and structural safety issues.
