| Parish/District | Bucknall/East Lindsey |
| Location | S of the SE corner of porch of St Margaret’s church |
| Category | Churchyard cross |
| National Grid Ref | TF 16901 68855 |
| Designation | Listed II* with church ? |
| Stone type | Limestone |
| Refs | Davies, Lincs N & Q, Vol 13; AP Survey 8 Mar 1994 |
| Visits | AP: 8 Mar 1994 | DS/HH 23 July 2012 |
Close to the south door of St Margaret’s church at Bucknall there is a limestone block/slab c. 0.8m square with a chamfer visible on one side. It is known as a tithe stone, and it is said it was used as the place for the paying of tithes.
D S Davies recorded it as a cross base – he writes: The Rev. W. H. Benson Brown, the Rector, writes “The stone at the south side of the church opposite the door has been known as a tithe stone. I have always thought it to be a portion of a Churchyard Cross, and last week having a friend here willing to assist me, we raised it and found it resting on broken fragments of stone. These we dug out and found one corner carved as the base of churchyard crosses often are. We placed the pieces together and they formed a socket 8 ins, by 7 ins. I don’t see why it might not have been used as a tithe stone after its being broken, as it now stands it is upside down, the part resting on the ground being the broken portion.
