Fulbeck village cross is described here, but there is also an interesting socket stone reused on Fulbeck war memorial in the churchyard – Is it the remains of a medieval churchyard cross? Photo below
| Parish/District | Fulbeck/South Kesteven |
| Location | The cross stands on a green to the south east of St Nicholas’s church |
| Category | Village cross |
| National Grid Ref | SK 94775 50378 |
| Designation | Scheduled / Listed II |
| Stone type | Limestone |
| Refs | A P Survey 29 Nov 1993; Davies, D. S., 1913, Lincs N & Q, Vol XII No.5, p.141 |
| Visits | AP: 29 Nov 1993 | DS/HH: 10 May 2006 |
Fulbeck village cross stands on a small green to the south east of the church. Nattes drew the cross stump in 1805 showing three steps, the socket stone and a small section of shaft. He shows the village stocks adjacent and the church in the background. The cross was restored (over-restored?) in the mid nineteenth century, and a new shaft knop and head added. The formal description is as follows:
Fulbeck village cross is mounted on three steps with a socket-stone, all of which are principally medieval in date; it also includes the shaft and head, which date from a mid 19th-century restoration. The steps are roughly square in plan and are constructed of limestone blocks which have been partially restored. The socket-stone, composed of two chamfered, rectangular slabs, stands on the top step. The upper slab tapers slightly, and there are four small holes in the corners on the upper face. The shaft is set into the centre of the socket-stone and tapers upwards from a base of rectangular section with chamfered corners. Above it is a knop and an ornamented, cross-shaped head. The shaft and cross-head were added to the medieval steps and socket-stone in 1854 to a design by Edward Trollope. The full height of the cross is nearly 5m.
In the churchyard there is a war memorial in the form of a standing cross – the socket stone for this (square chamfered to octagonal with a double roll at the top) is said to have been designed around a medieval cross base already sited in Fulbeck churchyard. The war memorial is listed.
Fulbeck war memorial – It is in the form of a modern standing cross incorporating a medieval cross base from Fulbeck churchyard
