Singlesole (Single Cote) 1886 OS nr Thorney

Singlesole, nr Thorney

History of Singlesole

Listed Building:

Remains of cross about 350 yds east of Singlesole Farmhouse … Probably medieval. Stone base of cross, square with chamfered and moulded angles. Part of octagonal shaft remains, but head and top of shaft missing.

There was a hermitage at Singlesole circa 10th century. The estate held by Peterborough Abbey consisted of a manor, a chapel dedicated to St Michael with 7 stained glass windows, a bakehouse and brewery. Its most important feature was the fishery on the fen mere, Catteswater, which only survives as a small stream.

The grange was burnt during the Civil War because it was the home of the ardent royalist, William Hake.

The current building was rebuilt after the Civil War and there is no trace of the monastic building except for a stone cross, 50 from the road.