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| Market Cross, Milnthorpe | ||
| Market Cross | ||
| locality:- | Milnthorpe | |
| civil parish:- | Milnthorpe (formerly Westmorland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | market cross | |
| locality type:- | pillar | |
| coordinates:- | SD49758150 | |
| 1Km square:- | SD4981 | |
| 10Km square:- | SD48 | |
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 BUN48.jpg (taken 6.5.2011) |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd) |
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| source data:- | Map, 4 sheets, The County of Westmoreland, scale 1 inch to 1
mile, surveyed 1768, and engraved and published by Thomas
Jefferys, London, 1770. J5SD48SE.jpg cross; located where milestone 7 could be item:- National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47 Image © National Library of Scotland |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "MARKET CROSS / / THE SQUARE / MILNTHORPE / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 75567 / SD4975781492" |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "Market Cross. Shaft and base possibly C18, top probably C13 addition or repair. Sandstone mounted on limestone steps. Single round shaft on octagonal base surmounted by ball on octagonal corniced top. Set on 3 hexagonal steps. In 1823 there is reference to "the new cross", it was taken down in 1845 and re-erected on top of a lock-up built on its site during the construction of the railway when there was rioting locally. The lock-up was taken down in 1862 and the cross replaced on the ground in its original position. Further information: Curwen, J.F. History of Heversham with Milnthorpe, pub. Titus Wilson 1930." |
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| hearsay:- |
This was the place for crying news and proclamations, and also a whipping post for
malefactors. |
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