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Brixworth market cross is a medieval market cross located in the village of Brixworth in Northamptonshire. The monument dates from the medieval period and served as the focal point for commercial activity and community gatherings in the village. The cross features a stone base and shaft typical of market crosses constructed during the Middle Ages, functioning both as a practical structure for trading and as a symbol of the settlement's commercial rights and status. It remains an important example of village infrastructure from medieval England and reflects the economic organisation of the rural community that built and maintained it.
Brixworth market cross is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1018860. View the official record →
Brixworth market cross is a medieval market cross located in the village of Brixworth in Northamptonshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1018860.
Brixworth market cross is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1018860.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Great house and gardens at Hanging Houghton (2.6 km), Longmans Hill long barrow (3.4 km), Boughton bowl barrow (5.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Brixworth market cross's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Brixworth market cross stands on Inferior Oolite Group, bedrock that formed in the Bathonian. The rock here is limestone, sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.