The cross is cut into the east face of a 'long' stone in the north-east grave quoin, which is built in 'long and short' fashion. The quoin is now within the organ chamber north of the chancel, and the cross is in the second visible 'long' stone, approximately 1.75m above the present floor.

None. The quoin itself is probably of mid eleventh-century date and the cross is presumed to be contemporary.

St Andrew

Good, slightly weathered

Simple A1 type Latin cross with long stem, carefully and neatly incised to a depth of nearly 1 cm (0.4 in).

The cross is located at about waist height and, in this location on the eastern face of the north-east nave quoin it is very likely to be an original consecration cross marking an extremity of the consecrated building (cf. Muncey 1930, 67–76). This in turn suggests that the cross was cut shortly following the quoin's construction, which would be dated by its long-and-short form to the later Anglo-Saxon period, perhaps to the first half of the eleventh century. Needless to say, consecration crosses of such presumed early date are rare, although there is a much less elaborate example at Stow (no. 7, Ill. 431). But one of the few other suggested examples is also in Lincolnshire (Ropsley 2, Ills. 322–4) and it is suggested below that this may have been misinterpreted.

Early or mid eleventh century

Unpublished