Memorials & monuments · North East England
Market Cross
In or near Belford.
Market Cross is a memorial in the United Kingdom.
Colin Smith — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 15 min–45 min
- Free entry
- Dog-friendly
About
Market Cross is a public memorial in central Scotland, recording local sacrifice and named in the parish register of war and civic monuments. The site is within the Northumberland Coast National Landscape (AONB), and is a designated Site of Special Scientific Interest. It sits within the North Northumberland parliamentary constituency. Postcode area NE70.
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Protected designations
- Site of Special Scientific Interest: Northumberland Shore SSSI
- Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty: Northumberland Coast
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
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.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
History
Market crosses were originally from the distinctive tradition in Early Medieval Insular art of free-standing stone standing or high crosses, often elaborately carved, which goes back to the 7th century. Market crosses can be found in many market towns in Britain. British emigrants often installed such crosses in their new cities, and several can be found in Canada and Australia.
Architecture
These structures range from carved stone spires, obelisks 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.
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 55.5987, -1.8292
- District
- Northumberland
- Parish
- Belford
- Postcode
- NE70 7NE
- Parliamentary constituency
- North Northumberland
Sources
- osm: n360943981 (ODbL)
- wikipedia: Market cross (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Market Cross?
- Market Cross is in central Scotland, United Kingdom (postcode NE70 7NE), in the parish of Belford.
- What is Market Cross?
- Market Cross is a memorial in the United Kingdom.
- How do I get to Market Cross?
- Drivers can use postcode NE70 7NE.
- Is Market Cross a protected site?
- Yes — Market Cross is part of the Northumberland Shore SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest and the Northumberland Coast National Landscape (AONB).
- Is Market Cross free to visit?
- Yes, Market Cross is free to enter.
- How do I get to Market Cross?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode NE70 7NE. It sits within the North Northumberland parliamentary constituency.