Bristol High Cross
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Bristol High Cross is a monumental market cross erected in 1373 in the centre of Bristol. It was built in Decorated Gothic style on the site of an earlier Anglo-Saxon cross, to commemorate the granting of a charter by Edward III to make Bristol a county, separate from Somerset and Gloucestershire. In 1764 it was moved to the Stourhead estate in Wiltshire, where it still stands.
The cross is now at the entrance to the gardens of the Stourhead estate
Black and white sketch from c1900 depicting 1704-1733 period, looking east from Corn Street to Wine Street, Bristol. The church tower visible is that of Christ Church with St Ewen, Bristol. On the far left of the image, on the north side of the road is the Register Office (previously the old Council House). In the centre of the junction can be seen the Bristol High Cross, and on the right of the image, on the south side of Wine Street is The Dutch House, damaged during the
The south prospect of the High Cross in Bristol (1673)
The replica on College Green in 1890, by Charles Hern
Market cross
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A market cross, or in Scots, a mercat cross, is a structure used to mark a market square in market towns, where historically the right to hold a regular market or fair was granted by the monarch, a bishop or a baron.
The elaborate Malmesbury market cross
French market with cross, c. 1400
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