There are two crosses at Denton – One in the churchyard and one in the garden of Leys House. On our visit in 2006, we failed to find the second cross, so it is described below from other sources.
| Parish/District | Denton/South Kesteven |
| Location | c. 3m south west of porch of St Andrew’s churchyard |
| Category | Churchyard cross |
| National Grid Ref | SK 86534 32499 |
| Designation | Listed II / Scheduled |
| Stone type | Limestone |
| Refs | AP Survey 8 Dec 1993; Davies, D S, 1913, Lincs N & Q, Vol XII No.5 January, pp129-150 |
| Visits | AP: 8 Dec 1993 | DS/HH: 10 May 2006 |
A cross base and part of a shaft survive SW of the porch in the churchyard of St Andrews at Denton. The socket-stone is approximately 0.77m square in section and stands up to 0.27m above the ground surface, into which it is partly buried. It is undecorated with a moulded and chamfered upper part which develops into a top of octagonal section; the upper edge is slightly chamfered. The shaft is set into the centre of the socket-stone and is rectangular in section at the base rising through chamfered corners in tapering octagonal section to a height of 0.52m.
| Parish/District | Denton/South Kesteven |
| Location | In the front garden of Leys House, east of the parish church |
| Category | Village cross |
| National Grid Ref | SK 86594 32528 |
| Designation | Listed I / Scheduled |
| Stone type | Limestone |
| Refs | AP Survey 8 Dec 1993; Davies, D S, 1913, Lincs N & Q, Vol XII No.5 January, pp129-150 |
| Visits | AP: 8 Dec 1993 | DS/HH: NOT VISITED |
Denton village cross stands on what was once the village green, east of the church – in 1715 a charity school was set up on part of the green, including where the cross stands. In 1894 a new school was built behind the old one, which became a private house – now Leys House – Thus the village cross is now located in its garden.
The cross is set in a small paved area approximately 15m to the north west of Leys House. The base rests directly on the paving stones, and consists of a socket-stone measuring 0.92m square in section at the base and 0.38m high; the corners are moulded and chamfered to form a top of octagonal section. Each side of the socket-stone is carved with a shield at the centre of a quatrefoil. Into the centre of the socket-stone is set the remains of the shaft, a single stone 0.43m square in section at the base with chamfered corners rising in tapering octagonal section to its original height of 1.58m. The fragment terminates in a flat top upon which an upper stone was formerly placed.
