PRN 51967 St Peter’s church, Kingerby is principally Early English although the main nave roof is Jacobean. There are two 14th century effigies of knights, a relief grave slab in the chancel and a floriated slab built into the south-east corner of the aisle, outside. The north aisle has gone (there is a blocked arcade) evidence for the shrinking population of the village. Stonework exposed in front of the chancel step may indicate the original presence of an earlier narrow arch. {1}{2}{4} The church was in normal use in 1963. {3} The church of St Peter stands on a raised rectangular platform in the south-west corner of an enclosure representing the holding of Elsham Priory at Kingerby. The earliest fabric in the church is believed to date from the 11th century, indicating continuity of occupation over a thousand years at least. The present church consists of a nave, clerestorey, south aisle, porch, chancel, and a west tower of three stages of diminishing height with a shallow cornice moulding at the top, of ironstone repaired with brick. The earliest pitch of the nave roof can be seen in the eastern face of the tower, above the present nave roof. As this pitch is cut by the 13th century string course, it is likely that this represents a probable 11th century Anglo-Saxon nave roof pitch. The west wall of the nave has a blocked circular window (indicating an Anglo-Saxon/Norman date) and is clearly earlier than the tower, which is built up against it. In addition, inside the tower, the butt joint where the tower was built up against the pre-existing nave west wall can be clearly seen. The nave's king-post roof is early 17th century, with four arch-braced moulded tie beams decorated with a carved heart at the west end and circular rosettes on the undersides of the two central beams. The aisle roof is 18th century. At the west end of the nave at a high level, behind the roof tie beam, is a deeply splayed circular opening dating from the early 11th century, which possibly represents the original west light of the Anglo-Saxon church. {5} Stained glass in this church, some of which is in situ, dates to about AD1345 to 1350.{6} 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. {7}