St Peters Church Kingerby
One of Simon Jenkins 1000 Best Churches, St Peter’s church is on an old religious site. The current church is said to be the third, close to a Roman Camp and with Iron Age post holes found just to the north. The west wall of the nave is almost certainly the remains of the Saxon church and the 12th Century tower leans against it. In the little west window in the south isle is a beautiful 14th Century image of St Catherine with her wheel and an excellent 19th Century glass of St Cecilia in the same style.
The three monuments commemorate father and son William Disney in armour and another son, Henry Disney in civilian clothes. The Disney family owned Kingerby except for the church, priory, glebe and barn which had been given to the priory and convent at Elsham, near Brigg. The damage was done during Cromwell’s time, the Reformation had left them – and more stained glass – untouched.
The Chalice and Paten were given by the benefactor Thomas Bell in 1640. He was a son and grandson of the vicars Bell from 1540. He was an apothecary in London and founded the Almshouses in 1675. He probably re-roofed the church after the damage of 1640/50s. From September 2016 they can be seen in the Lincoln Cathedral Treasury.
The church remains consecrated and a regular Good Friday service is held at 2pm.