Monument record MLI50633 - Remains of Anglo-Saxon Crosses, St Peter and St Pauls Church, Toft Newton

Summary

Two former Anglo Saxon cross shafts, which were erected as monument in 1944.

Type and Period (2)

  • (Early Medieval/Dark Age to Second World War - 850 AD to 1943 AD)
  • (Second World War to 21st Century - 1944 AD to 2050 AD)

Protected Status/Designation

Full Description

At TF04228814 is a memorial cross incorporating two Anglo-Saxon cross fragments; both are richly decorated and badly weathered but probably originally came from the same monument. {1}{2} Two stones built into the church, with the usual interlacement. They are 17 inches by 10.5 inches in size. One of the stones is the middle portion of the complete slab and has a central division. {3} Incorporated in a bracket upon the interior south wall of the nave is a fragment of a cross shaft. It bears a single grooved two strand interlace but insufficient remains to determine the exact pattern. White limestone is the material used both here and in the two slabs previously noted by Davies which are now built into a memorial cross standing in the churchyard south-east of the church. {4} Pevsner summarises:- two late Anglo-Saxon cross shafts with interlace (now a monument in the churchyard, south-east of the church) part of a third mounted of a re-used bracket. {5} Two former Anglo Saxon cross shafts, which were erected as monument in 1944. For the full description and the legal address of this listed building please refer to the appropriate List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. {6}

Sources/Archives (6)

  •  Index: OS CARD INDEX. TOFT NEWTON. TF 08 NE 3,1963, COLQUHOUN.
  •  Index: SMR FILE. TOFT NEWTON. TF 08 NW V,1984, SPL.
  •  Article in Serial: D.S. Davies and A.W. Clapham. 1926. 'Pre-Conquest Carved Stones in Lincolnshire' in the Archaeological Journal. VOL 33 2ND EDITION P20.
  •  Article in Serial: Butler, L.A.S.. 1964. Lincolnshire Architectural and Archaeological Society Reports and Papers. VOL10 PART 2 PP112-3.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: Nikolaus Pevsner and John Harris, with Nicholas Antram. 1989. Buildings of England: Lincolnshire (Second Edition). 2ND REV EDN P767.
  •  Index: Department of the Environment. Jan 1985. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. 10/61.

Map

Location

Grid reference TF 0422 8814 (point) Centre
Civil Parish TOFT NEWTON, WEST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE

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Record last edited

Mar 21 2021 8:35PM

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