Monument record MLI60398 - Village Cross, North Rauceby

Summary

Village Cross, Church Lane, North Rauceby.

Type and Period (1)

  • (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

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The medieval base of the village cross used to stand near the church at North Rauceby. Not long before 1863-84 it was supplied with a shaft and terminal and re-erected close to the garden gate of the vicarage. The original site of the cross could not be determined in 1965. {1}{2} Pevsner however appears to suggest that the whole cross is original… 'complete with a small lantern tabernacle at the top and a crocketed pinacle. Restored in 1861'.{3} There is a full description in the revised scheduling document 22639 {4} Village cross. C14 and C19. Limestone ashlar. The C14 base rises from a square to an octagonal section via stop chamfers to support a tapering octagonal shaft now supporting a C19 gabled tabernacle with crocketed pinnacle rising to a cross fleury.{5} At the corner of the vicarage garden where the road to Ancaster branches from the one leading to South Rauceby has long stood the base of a village cross. This has of late years been supplied with a graceful shaft and finial, and constitutes a pleasing ornament to this village.{6} Medieval stone cross, which is believed to have stood in the churchyard of the church at North Rauceby, the base is the original one, but the shaft and terminal were restored when the cross was moved in 1863-64.{7}

Sources/Archives (7)

  •  Index: OS CARD INDEX NORTH RAUCEBY. NORTH RAUCEBY. TF 04 NW:2,1965, SEAMAN B H.
  •  Index: SMR FILE. NORTH RAUCEBY. TF 04 NW:N,1976, RWH.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: Nikolaus Pevsner and John Harris, with Nicholas Antram. 1989. Buildings of England: Lincolnshire (Second Edition). 2nd Rev Edn p586.
  •  Scheduling Record: ENGLISH HERITAGE. 1994. REVISED SCHEDULING DOCUMENT 22639. MPP 22.
  •  Index: Department of the Environment. 1990. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. 2/58 (335.005).
  •  Bibliographic Reference: Edward Trollope. 1872. Sleaford and the Wapentakes of Flaxwell and Aswardhurn in the County of Lincoln. page 286.
  •  Website: English Heritage. 2002-2009. Pastscape (National Monuments Record) archaeological records. https://www.pastscape.org.uk/. 348890 (TF 04 NW 2).

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Grid reference Centred TF 02208 46390 (2m by 2m)
Civil Parish NORTH RAUCEBY, NORTH KESTEVEN, LINCOLNSHIRE

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Mar 21 2021 8:35PM

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