Parish/DistrictAisthorpe/West Lindsey
LocationAisthorpe churchyard (Lost Cross)
CategoryChurchyard cross / Lost Cross
National Grid Refc. SK 94638016
DesignationNone
Stone TypeN/A
RefsThe Lincolnshire HER has a record for this cross base
VisitsDS/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’.

J C Nattes made a drawing of Aisthorpe church in 1793 which shows what may be the stump of a cross near the nave/chancel line of the old church – but, it may just be a gravestone! 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.

Aisthorpe St Peter’s has been closed for many years (Photo: Ian S)
Aisthorpe

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