The Venerable Edward Trollope reports the sites of two lost crosses in Leasingham. There is also a modern cross in Leasingham churchyard dedicated to Revd Trollope – see Leasingham (2)


Trollope records (p.267): There were formerly two village crosses here. The base or stump of one of these, termed the Butter Cross, stood in a small paddock called the Nut Yard, just opposite to the road leading to Roxholm. The other, popularly termed the Baker’s Cross, stood on the rising ground north of the village, near the present turn in the turnpike road leading to Lincoln.

Their sites are now lost – possible locations based on his descriptions are indicated (as blue question marks) on the 1887 O.S. map below:

(Map from National Library of Scotland N.L.S.)
Leasingham (1)

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