Lindsey St Peter?s church

Image: © Adrian S Pye Taken: 13 Sep 2008

It was in 1836 that Lindsey church lost its tower, and since then a single bell is contained in a small timbered bellcote. The porch is 14th century and doesn’t look a day less. The gnarled old oak timbers have protected the doorway for almost 600 years. Attached to the arch are two shoe scrapers, a reminder that the roads and paths weren’t always as clean as they are today. The church is contemporary with the porch and has changed very little over the intervening years, however all periods of history are represented. It is unusual in that the carving on the 13th century font is in relief and a cover larger than today’s Stuart example, once hung from a pulley above. The Stuart pulpit has been spoiled by the removal of the sounding board. Half the painted lower part of the rood screen is still in place.

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