There are reports of a standing stone cross east of the church at Butterwick – No remains survive
Parish/District | Butterwick/Boston |
Location | On an ’eminence’ to the east of Butterwick church |
Category | Lost Cross |
National Grid Ref | Not located |
Designation | N/A |
Stone type | – |
Refs | Marrat, 1814, History of Lincolnshire, p.163; Lewin, 1843, An Account of the Churches in the Division of Holland, Morton Boston. p.4 (Butterwick); Thompson, 1856, Hist and Antiq of Boston, p.528 |
Visits | None |
There is no surviving cross at Butterwick, but written reports of a cross to the east of the church survive:
Marrat (1814) states: On an eminence eastward of the church, there formerly stood a stone cross, of which no remains now exist; and:
Pishey Thompson (1856) states: A stone cross formerly stood upon an eminence, a short distance east from the church; some remains of it were visible about the close of the last century. These, together with the eminence on which they were placed, are now removed.
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Butterwick