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
The elaborate Malmesbury market cross
French market with cross, from an early 15th-century illumination by the Master of the Cité des dames
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Malmesbury Market Cross
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Malmesbury Market Cross is a Grade I listed, late 15th-century structure in the town of Malmesbury, Wiltshire, England.
Market cross
…or crosses, common to small market towns such as that in Stalbridge, Dorset, to large, ornate covered structures, such as the Chichester Cross, or Malmesbury Market Cross. They can also be constructed from wood; an example is at Wymondham, Norfolk. Aberdeen…
View through one of the two doorway arches, showing the central bench and two benched arches