| Parish/District | Tetney/East Lindsey |
| Location | in the churchyard of St Peter and St Paul’s Church to the north of the nave |
| Category | Churchyard cross |
| National Grid Ref | TA 31652 00912 |
| Designation | Scheduled / Listed II |
| Stone Type | Limestone |
| Refs | AP Survey 23 Jan 1998; Davies, D S, 1915, Lincs N & Q, Vol XIII No.6, p.220 |
| Visits | AP: 23 Jan 1998 | DS/HH: 7 Sept 2009 |
There are the remains of a cross near the path leading to the north door of St Peter and St Paul’s Church at Tetney. This is the main door of the church and the positioning of the cross probably reflects that route. It is mentioned by Archdeacon Bonney c.1846. The cross comprises a socket stone with a short length of surviving shaft.
The socket stone, which rests on a shallow stone plinth, is c.0.82m square and 0.33m high, with a chamfered top edge. The socket is central and measures 0.35m (E-W) by 0.29m (N-S).
The surviving shaft is set into the socket with lead. It is rectangular in section at the base and is slightly smaller than the socket hole (0.3m x 0.26m). It rises through moulded and chamfered corners in tapering octagonal section to a height of 0.71m. The top of the shaft is an irregular break – not smoothed off.
Tetney appears to have held a market charter (granted 1282 – for Tuesdays) but there is no knowledge or tradition of a market cross and this churchyard cross is unlikely to have been a market cross.
