| Parish/District | Ewerby and Evedon/North Kesteven |
| Location | In churchyard of of St Andrew’s church, Ewerby |
| Category | Lost Cross (churchyard cross) |
| National Grid Ref | TF 12144 47260 (estimate) |
| Designation | None |
| Stone type | Not known |
| Refs | Trollope, Revd E., 1872, Sleaford etc, p, 365; D. S. Davies, 1913, Lincs N&Q Vol XII No.5 p.140; Rawnsley, W. F., 1927, Highways & Byways in Lincs, p.79; |
| Visits | DS/HH: 24 Aug 2012 |
The Ewerby churchyard cross is reported by Revd Trollope (1872) when apparently the cross base still stood in the churchyard. Trollope states it bore the legend ‘Sumptu Rectoris fuit haec crux facta Johannis Haubergh, moeroris expers sit in omnibus annis’ (this cross was made for John Hauberg at the expense of the Rector). The base also bore four shields – including the arms of England and of the Umfravilles. He also notes that ‘at the back of the head of the cross were figures of the Virgin, St Peter and St Paul’. Davies (1913) adds that in 1352, Sir Alexander Aunsel and others petitioned the King for a license to give John de Haburgh one rood of land for the enlargement of the Cemetery of Iwardby at a cost of 6/8. Inq. p.m., 26 Ed. iii.
Rawnsley, writing in 1927, notes ‘besides the Market Cross there are parts of two others, in the church and churchyard.’ So, presumably the cross base was still visible in the churchyard at this time. It is not visible now, but there are fragments of cross shaft stored within the church, under benches in the tower (photo below). These have not been properly examined and recorded, although this would be useful. They may just represent parts of the broken octagonal shaft of the market cross.
