Part of a carved 10th century cross was found in the church, and is one of the earliest and best examples of ChristianChristian Name originally given to disciples of Jesus by outsiders and gradually adopted by the Early Church to designate all members of the church. art to survive from Nottinghamshire. On one side is an image of the Virgin and Child which is similar to an image of around the same date found at Nunburnholme in the East Riding of Yorkshire. On the other side a bearded angel with four wings holds a book. Very little is known about the church in the medieval period, but this important crossCross Instrument of torture and execution used in the Roman Empire. The means by which Christ was put to death and therefore the primary symbol of the Christian faith, representing the means by which he is believed to have won forgiveness for humankind. The Cross may be represented as Tau-shaped (like a capital T); with a shorter cross-bar or with a circle enclosing the upper intersection (Celtic). In medieval art a cross made of living branches signifies the Tree of Life. St Helena, mother of the Emperor Constantine, is said to have discovered the True Cross (i.e. the Cross in Jerusalem on which Christ died) in 326. shows that this was a notable Christian site in the pre-Conquest period.