There are two crosses at St Mary’s church in Weston: Weston (1) is a relocated and restored village cross, and Weston (2) is a wayside cross(?) relocated from Beggar’s Bush crossroads to St Mary’s church

This cross base was found near Beggar’s Bush crossroads at Weston in 1895. It is now in St Mary’s church.

Parish/DistrictWeston/South Holland
LocationOriginally thought to stand at Beggar’s Bush Crossroads, moved to inside St Mary’s church
CategoryWayside cross (Boundary cross?)
National Grid RefTF 28503 24174 (presumed original location)
DesignationNone
Stone TypeLimestone
Refs
Visits DS/HH: Not seen

Weston’s second cross is possibly the remains of a wayside cross that was found at Beggar’s Bush crossroads in August 1895. A brief report in the Stamford Mercury of 23 August 1895 states: ‘the base of the old parish cross has been unearthed at Weston, on the road leading to St John’s. It is an interesting relic of bygone days.’

The cross comprises an octagonal socket stone  with a square, lead-lined socket containing a fragment of shaft. It is stated that the cross: ‘Was removed to Weston Churchyard and is now inside the Church’. A photograph of the cross base appears in the Weston and Weston Hills Millennium book, and is reproduced above.

DS/HH have not yet recorded this cross and no detailed description or dimensions are currently available.

As an added confusion, Nattes has a drawing of a four-stepped cross base labelled ‘Weston Cross’, but as noted elsewhere, this is probably Westborough cross, wrongly attributed.

This report in the Stamford Mercury of 23 August 1895 records the discovery of the Weston cross-base.
Nattes drawing labelled Weston Cross is more probably Westborough Cross
Weston (2)

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