Memorials & monuments · South East England
Market Cross
In or near Billington.
Market Cross is a memorial in the United Kingdom.
Basher Eyre — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 15 min–45 min
- Nearest railway station
- Leighton Buzzard · 1.1 km
- Free entry
- Dog-friendly
- Wheelchair accessible
About
Market Cross is a public memorial in the West Midlands, recording local sacrifice and named in the parish register of war and civic monuments. The site is within the Chilterns National Landscape (AONB). It sits within the Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard parliamentary constituency. The nearest railway station is Leighton Buzzard, about 1.1 km away. Postcode area LU7.
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Protected designations
- Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty: Chilterns
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
- 51.9165, -0.6617
- District
- Central Bedfordshire
- Parish
- Leighton-Linslade
- Postcode
- LU7 1EU
- Parliamentary constituency
- Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard
- Phone
- +44 300 300 8125
- Nearest railway station
- Leighton Buzzard — 1.1 km
Sources
- osm: n1492295710 (ODbL)
- wikipedia: Market cross (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Market Cross?
- Market Cross is in the West Midlands, United Kingdom (postcode LU7 1EU), in the parish of Leighton-Linslade.
- What is Market Cross?
- Market Cross is a memorial in the United Kingdom.
- How do I get to Market Cross?
- The nearest railway station is Leighton Buzzard, about 1.1 km away. Drivers can use postcode LU7 1EU.
- Is Market Cross a protected site?
- Yes — Market Cross is part of the Chilterns National Landscape (AONB).
- Is Market Cross free to visit?
- Yes, Market Cross is free to enter.
- How do I get to Market Cross?
- The nearest railway station is Leighton Buzzard, about 1.1 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode LU7 1EU.