Parish/District | Revesby/East Lindsey |
Location | Lost cross – presumed once in the churchyard of St Andrews at Miningsby (now demolished) |
Category | Lost cross (Churchyard cross) |
National Grid Ref | TF 32158 64174 (in the vicinity of) |
Designation | None |
Stone Type | N/A |
Refs | Lincoln Wills: Volume 2, 1505-1530. |
Visits | DS: 2 Feb 2023 |
Neither a cross, nor now even a church, survive at Miningsby but there is trail of evidence to suggest a standing cross may once have been there.
Nattes drew the church of St Andrew’s at Miningsby in 1790 and shows Norman and Early English architecture in its fabric. This medieval church was entirely rebuilt/restored by Fowler in 1877, reusing some of the architectural elements from the early church. It is also recorded that Miningsby had re-used Anglo-Saxon masonry incorporated in its walls and three carved stones are described and discussed by Everson and Stocker in the Corpus.
Miningsby church was declared redundant in 1975 and was demolished in 1979. However, the churchyard is still there and can be visited.
Of interest to our study, is the will of Richard Herby of Miningsby, dated 26 May 1529, in which he leaves: ‘To the makyng off a stone crosse in the churchyerde of Mynyngesby iijs. iiijd.’
Was the cross ever made and installed? There is no stone cross now visible in the overgrown churchyard of Miningsby, but that is hardly surprising as it predates the iconoclasm of the 16/17 centuries.