Nattes drawing of Miningsby church in 1790 – No standing cross visible. The church was rebuilt in 1877 and demolished in 1979 (c) LAO Nattes 3.103
Parish/DistrictRevesby/East Lindsey
LocationLost cross – presumed once in the churchyard of St Andrews at Miningsby (now demolished)
CategoryLost cross (Churchyard cross)
National Grid RefTF 32158 64174 (in the vicinity of)
DesignationNone
Stone TypeN/A
RefsLincoln Wills: Volume 2, 1505-1530.
VisitsDS: 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.

Transcription of the will of Richard Herby of Miningsby in which he leaves 3s. 4d for the ‘makyng off a stone crosse in the churchyerde of Mynyngesby’
Miningsby

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