| Parish/District | Anderby/East Lindsey |
| Anderby | c. 8m south of tower of St Andrew’s church |
| Category | Churchyard cross |
| National Grid Ref | TF 5234 7543 |
| Designation | Scheduled / Listed II |
| Stone Type | Fine grained Jurassic oolitic limestone |
| Refs | Davies, Lincs N & Q, vol XIII; AP Survey 14 June 1995 |
| Visits | DS/HH: 29 Sept 2005 | DS/DAS 10 April 2015 |
Anderby churchyard cross, comprising a socket-stone containing a section of shaft, stands near to a tree to the south of the tower of St Andrew’s Church. The socket-stone, which is partially buried, has a square base with heavily moulded broaches forming an octagonal top. Probing around the socket-stone suggested there is no base below it. Parts of the top surface of the stone have spalled away and loose fragments are present.
The socket is square with a portion of shaft set into it with lead. The shaft rises 0.2 metres to broach stops, above which it tapers upwards in irregular octagonal section to a height of 1.25 metres. The top surface of the shaft, although now fractured, was once cut flat and has the remains of nine iron pins set in lead – possibly for fixing a sundial. Davies (Davies 1915,p.130) notes the similarity to Mumby churchyard cross.
St Andrew’s was rebuilt in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries apparently on the footprint of its medieval predecessor. The location of the cross, and its partial burial, suggest it may be in its original position.
