Carlton-in-Lindrick Church. This authority gives a detailed architectural and a short historical description of the church, and concludes that it seems reasonable to assume that the west tower and some traces in the body of the church are of pre-Conquest date. It is pointed out that there was a church at Carlton-in-Lindrick at the time of the Domesday Survey. The article concludes that if the work is not accepted as pre-conquest then we have a remarkable example of Norman work of two distinct periods. (1)

The tower of the church ... belongs to the type of late Saxon tower, of which there are many examples in N Lincs.....a pre-Conquest date cannot with
certainty be assigned to towers of this class, although there can be no doubt that the type originated during the Saxon period. The presence of 'herring-bone' masonry in this tower is a distinct indication of its Post-Coquest date. (2)

Chancel, nave of 3 bays, aisles and W tower. S aisle added 1832. Tower, with much herring-bone work, undoubtedly Saxon, but much altered in Norman days and in later times. Arch into nave Norman of 3 orders. Fine Norman W doorway ... In Perp period clerestory added to nave and upper stage to tower. E window of chancel late Perp. (Calls church All Saints). (3)

There will probably always be some discussion whether or not the present W tower, nave and parts of the chancel belong to the pre-conquest church. Our view is that ... the W tower cannot be pre-Norman. On the other hand, the belfry openings in the second stage are in the typical Anglo-Saxon manner (rebuilt into the tower, or built in an old style?). Pieces of bright red Ro brick in the tower (with one piece also in the S wall of the chancel) are probably survivals from the older church ... The evidence of the Ro brick and herringbone work in both the lower stages, indicates that these 2 stages are of one date ... c 1080-1110. There is no long and short work anywhere in the building. (5)

Church of St John the Evangelist and All Souls, in use for public worship. A quantity of Ro bricks is incorporated into the pre-conquest tower. (6)
The tower is period C - latest Anglo-Saxon or Saxo-Norman - 950-1100 AD. The W wall of the nave is earlier than the tower, proved by the fact that the tower is not in bond with it but meets it in a straight vertical joint and higher up the tower is built on top of the wall of the nave. The side walls of the nave appear to be contemporary with the W wall. (7)
Late Saxon or more probably Saxo-Norman. C11 W tower is complete. Nave W wall and S walls earlier than tower. C15 buttresses. Sculpture: Norman. Font: Plain, early Norman. (9)

Church. Pagan, C7, C11, C12, mid 12, late C12, c.1190, C14, c.1425, C15, C19, 1831. Restorations took place 1831, c.1936 and 1967. Coursed rubble and ashlar. Tower, nave, north and south aisles, north chapel, south vestry, chancel. The C11 tower was diagonally buttressed between 1417 and 1443, given a south west staircase and topped with an embattled belfry with 8 crocketted pinnacles and single central gargoyle to each side. The C11 part is in 4 stages marked respectively from the base by coursed rubble, roughly dressed rectangular blocks, herringbone and coursed rubble interspersed with herringbone. There are 2 string courses, one square in section, the 2nd at the junction of the C11 and C15 stages in C15. The west mid C12 doorway was moved here from the south in 1831. The inner jambs and arch around the double wooden door are decorated with chevron. Either side are 3 engaged columns with volute capitals. The inner support an arch decorated with chevron on front and soffit separated by a narrow band of pointed roll mouldings. The outer 2 support moulded arches. There is a hood mould with head label stops. Above is an opening with 2 cusped, arched, lights under a flat head with hood mould over. To its right is a small rectangular stair light. Above on west and east sides are single coupled C11 bell openings. The lintels are carved to form 2 arches which are separated by a plain shaft. In the C15 belfry are four 3-light arched openings with cusping and hood mould. To the right of the west opening is a mall rectangular stair light. Under the north and south openings are single C19 clock faces. Abutting the south west buttress is the base of the C14 church cross. Abutting the south and north aisle walls are single coursed rubble C12 nave quoins. The C19 buttressed north wall with embattled parapet is set on plinth. There are 3 windows to the C12 aisle, each with 3 arched and cusped lights under a flat head with a hood mould over. The c.1425 parapetted clerestorey with crocketted pinnacles is of coursed rubble leading to ashlar and has 2 arched windows each with 3 cusped lights. The c.1190 north chapel of St. Thomas A Beckett, restored 1967, has a slate roof. There is an arched doorway with cavettomoulding and hood mould over. To the left is an arched 3-light window with cusping and hood mould. The east wall of the chapel is of coursed rubble and is set on a plinth on the north side. There is a single pointed arched window with a single similar smaller blocked window above. Below the bottom window
is a chamfered string course broken by a headstone. The coursed rubble embattled chancel has 6 crocketted pinnacles with a single ridge cross at its east end. The east wall also has single gargoyles at the angles and is set on a chamfered plinth. The north wall of the chancel has a small blocked arched
opening. In the east wall is a C15 arched 5-light window with panel tracery and hood mould with head label stops. Abutting the wall are 3 stone memorials to Martha, John, John and Elizabeth Wordsworth 1790-1827, to Ann and John Unwin 1812-1814 and to Ann ... 1819. The buttressed south chancel wall has an arched window with 3 cusped lights and hood mould. To the left, set on a plinth, is a projecting embattled C19 ashlar porch with
arched doorway and hood mould. Over the inner arched, cavetto moulded C14 priests' doorway is a re-used asymmetrical pagan stone carved in relief with a sun and moon and 2 stars under a semi-circular moulding. Carved into this is a later cross. Outside in the spandrels are carved fan-shaped sprays. Above is a carved shield. West of the porch is the C19 south vestry, set on a plinth with embattled parapet and arched window with 3 cusped lights and hood mould. The angle buttressed 1831 south aisle with embattled parapet and single crocketted pinnacles at the angles is set on a plinth and has 3 arched windows each with 3 cusped lights and hood mould. The parapetted clerestorey with 2 crocketted pinacles has 3 arched windows each with 3 cusped lights and hood mould. Interior; nave and aisles are separated by 3 bay arcades. The mid C12 north arcade has moulded arches supported on round piers and capitals decorated with volute leaves, the south arcade is an 1831 imitation of the north. The C11 moulded tower arch with angle and soffit roll is supported on the east side on 2 pairs of engaged shafts with bell capitals decorated with lancet-like leaves and fillets of cable moulding. There is a hood mould over with label stops, that to the south decorated with lancet-like leaves. The west, earlier C7 arch with square edges rests on imposts. The restored C12 chancel arch jambs consist of single square piers which have part way up single engaged columns carved out of the corners. The scalloped capitals have ball decoration on the north abaci and interlacing on the south impost, these support the double chamfered arch. The late C12 north aisle/north chapel arch is off centre and is supported on 2 keeled shafts with plain capitals. The north chapel/chancel arch has late
C12 keeled roll moulding and is supported on keeled shafts, the east one having volute decoration on the capital. Between nave and north aisle is a large opening. The north wall of the nave has an arched deep splayed C11 opening above the arcade. The chancel north wall has 2 deep splayed C11 arched openings. In the north chancel wall is a chamfered, arched, tomb recess. The south wall has 2 arched piscinas and the organ recess. Above the tower arch is C20 gallery. The chancel roof is supported on carved corbels. The nave and north aisle roofs have C15 heraldic bosses restored c.1936. Lying against the east chancel wall is the C11 stone high altar. The north aisle contains the 1170 altar of St. Thomas A Beckett with lead seal. The south aisle has a C12 stone altar with incised crosses. The font is C12. In the north aisle is a C16 wooden chest with metal fitments and an iron chest inscribed "Carlton in Lindrick R. P. Goodenough Rector J. Whitehead Church warden 1813". The pews, pulpit etc. are late C19. Either side of the tower arch are iron brackets for hanging the Maid Garlands. On the east wall of the north aisle is a C15 alabaster carving of The Holy Trinity. The east window in the north chapel has C15 stained glass. On the north wall of the south aisle is a brass plaque to Elizabeth Catherine and Richard Letwell 1792. On the north chancel wall is a C18 monument decorated with a broken pediment containing a cartouche. On the south chancel wall is a hatchment inscribed G.IV Rex. On the south nave wall are 2 others of Ramsden quartering Smyth of Heath Hall Yorks. 1753 and of Ramsden impaling Appleby of Wooton Lincs 1873. (10)

The building work revealed no evidence of any features other than (post medieval) inhumations in the churchyard. It appears that each of several phases of burials in this part of the churchyard have destroyed former inhumations, the disarticulated and fragmentary remains of which were evident at all levels of the soakaway. (11)
See M5509, M5510 - crosses in churchyard, L6128 - bank in churchyard.

Related Historic England Archive:
OP06287 A view of the clock on the tower of St John's Church, surrounded by course rubble interspersed with herringbone
OS59/F255/1 ST JOHN'S CHURCH, CARLTON IN LINDRICK, ANGLO SAXON TOWER FROM THE WEST
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