Cross: OS Grid Reference – TL 04864 47498
Archaeology & History
Sitting quietly “on the village green, where the fair is still held,” wrote Wigram (1885), “stands the base of the old market-cross, reduced to a shapeless stump, but still bearing traces of leaden setting.” Thought to be mediaeval in age, it was described as a sundial on some of the early Ordnance Survey maps which, perhaps, it may have been used as for a short period (although records are silent on the matter). Standing just three-feet tall, this old stone pillar still lives on its ancient spot, as quiet as always, keeping itself to itself…
References:
- Wigram, S.R., Chronicles of the Abbey of Elstow, Parker & Co.: Oxford 1885.
© Paul Bennett, The Northern Antiquarian
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