| Parish/District | Anwick/North Kesteven |
| Anwick | c. 2m south of south porch of St Edith’s church |
| Category | Churchyard cross |
| National Grid Ref | TF 1145 5063 |
| Designation | Scheduled / Listed II |
| Stone Type | Limestone |
| Refs | Davies, 1913, p.133; A Peach survey 2 Dec 1993 |
| Visits | AP; 2 Dec 1993 | DS/HH; 29 June 2006 |
Anwick’s churchyard cross has a most unusual fluted shaft set into a layered socket stone. It is unique in the county. (So unique it may not be a cross shaft!)
The socket stone is square and made of two slabs of stone. The upper slab is badly eroded and in several pieces but the lower one is intact. Both are cut through by the square socket hole.
A square tenon at the base of the shaft locates into the socket. The shaft is of rounded section moulded in the form of eight columns of semicircular section alternating with eight of triangular section. At the base the mouldings are stepped out with a chamfer. The shaft terminates in a rounded and chamfered top with a rounded protrusion containing the stub of an iron rod – this may have been fashioned to enable an upper portion of shaft to be fitted.
This cross shaft is mentioned by Davies in 1913 (Davies, 1913, p.133) but is neither mentioned by Trollope in the 1870s (Trollope, 1872 pp.186-192) nor shown on Nattes 1805 drawing of the south side of Anwick church (LAO Nattes/1/39). Was it found during Kirk’s 1879 restoration, when a pillar piscina was also discovered?
