| Parish/District | Corby Glen/South Kesteven |
| Location | In the Market Place at Corby Glen – slightly north of central |
| Category | Market cross |
| National Grid Ref | SK 99907 25008 |
| Designation | Scheduled / Listed II |
| Stone type | Limestone (with later brick restoration) |
| Refs | Davies, 1913, Lincs N & Q vol 12; AP Survey 8 Dec 1993 |
| Visits | AP: 8 Dec 1993 | DS/HH: 20 Dec 2000 |
Corby Glen has a good classic market cross – still in the Market Place, although that has now inevitably declined to a car park. It is set on an octagonal base of three stone steps, which are mounted on a brick base. There is a Nattes drawing of this cross of 1804, showing it set beside the village stocks, before the brick base was added. A later drawing of c.1850 (Caroline Anne Brereton) shows the stocks gone and the brick base in place. The height of the stone steps is variable but c.0.3m. All the steps are medieval in date, with later repair represented by iron clamps.
The socket stone is set on the upper step – it is a plain limestone slab of square section with chamfered corners. The shaft, which is square in section at the base, is set into it. It rises over 1.95m with chamfered corners in slightly tapering octagonal section. Both the socket-stone and shaft are believed to be medieval. The shaft terminates in a moulded and chamfered knop of square section. Above is the head, composed of a short pedestal of square section, similar in width to the shaft, topped by a stone ball. (Davies says the ball is made of Ketton stone). The knop and head are believed to be late 17th century in date. The full height of the cross is about 3.5m.
Corby Glen Market Cross – photographed in December 2000 and the same picture in summer (from village website)
Corby Glen Market Cross – drawn by J C Nattes in 1804 – before the brick base added and with the village stocks (which may still have been in use at that date). Below is a watercolour by Caroline Anne Brereton showing the restored cross in c.1850, with its added brick pedestal
