Market town
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A market town is a settlement that obtained a market right in the Middle Ages, which allowed it to host a regular market; this distinguished it from a village or a city. In Great Britain, small rural
The market square of Shrewsbury, an English market town
The market square (Marktplatz) of Wittenberg, a market town in Germany
Market cross in a market, illustration by the Master of the Cité des dames, early 15th century
Modern market hall in Frankfurt-Höchst, where the market dates back to at least 1356
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
Market town
…the markets were open-air, held in what is usually called (regardless of its actual shape) the market square or market place, sometimes centred on a market cross (mercat cross in Scotland). They were and are typically open one or two days a week. In the modern era, the rise of permanent retail establishments…
The elaborate Malmesbury market cross
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