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Name:Possible site of St Mary's church, Torksey
HER Number:MLI50795
Type of record:Monument

Summary

Possible site of St Mary's church, Torksey

Grid Reference:SK 839 789
Map Sheet:SK87NW
Parish:TORKSEY, WEST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE

Full description

PRN 50795
A few hundred yards east of St Peter's across Abbey Close (approx SK 8390 7894) stood St Mary's church, of which nothing now remains. Its foundation walls were used as road material. The cable moulding, said to have been carved on many of the stones, indicates an early Norman date. It is mentioned in the Valor Ecclesiasticus of 1535 and its first vicar was presented in 1220. {1}{2}
St Mary's was amalgamated with All Saint's church in the mid 13th century: they appear jointly listed in 1254, while in 1291 and 1428 St Mary's is not referred to. It has been suggested that the human remains and masonry fragments (PRN 55403) found to the north of the railway (in a field known in the 18th century as Staines Close) may be related to this church, suggesting a different location for it to that suggested above. {4}
A sheila-na-gig carving (PRN 50792) was found in the ruins of St Mary's church, possibly in the early 19th century. {1}


<1> Ordnance Survey, Torksey O.S. Cards, SK 87 NW: 19, 2 (Index). SLI2800.

<2> Torksey SMR File, SK 87 NW: AL (Index). SLI3342.

<3> R.E.G. Cole, 1906, 'The Royal Borough of Torksey, its Churches, Monasteries and Castle' in The Associated Architectural and Archaeological Societies’ Reports and Papers, Vol 28 pp 463, 465, 512, 529 (Article in Serial). SLI373.

<4> P.L. Everson, C.C. Taylor and C.J. Dunn, 1991, Change and Continuity: Rural Settlement in North-West Lincolnshire, Archive notes no. 114 (1) (Bibliographic Reference). SLI1063.

Monument Types

  • CHURCH (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

Protected Status

  • SHINE

Sources and further reading

<1>Index: Ordnance Survey. Torksey O.S. Cards. TORKSEY. SK 87 NW: 19, 2.
<2>Index: Torksey SMR File. TORKSEY. SK 87 NW: AL.
<3>Article in Serial: R.E.G. Cole. 1906. 'The Royal Borough of Torksey, its Churches, Monasteries and Castle' in The Associated Architectural and Archaeological Societies’ Reports and Papers. Vol 28 pp 463, 465, 512, 529.
<4>Bibliographic Reference: P.L. Everson, C.C. Taylor and C.J. Dunn. 1991. Change and Continuity: Rural Settlement in North-West Lincolnshire. Archive notes no. 114 (1).

Related records

MLI50792Related to: Sheila-na-gig figure in the wall of St Peter's church, Torksey (Monument)
MLI52542Related to: SITE OF FORMER CHURCH OF ALL SAINTS (Monument)