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Market Cross, Sussex is a stone structure located in the historic town centre, serving as a focal point for medieval commercial activity. The cross dates from the medieval period and represents the type of public monument typically erected to facilitate and regulate market trading within English towns. Its physical form consists of a stone base and shaft, characteristic of market crosses constructed during the later medieval centuries. Such monuments functioned both as practical meeting places for merchants and as symbols of the town's chartered trading rights and civic authority.
Market cross is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1005890. View the official record →
Market Cross, Sussex is a stone structure located in the historic town centre, serving as a focal point for medieval commercial activity. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1005890.
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 1005890.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including St Martin's Lane, Little London car park, Roman site (0.2 km), Greyfriars Chapel, Priory Park (0.4 km), Chichester City Walls, The Tower, Orchard Street (0.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of 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.
Market cross stands on Thames Group, bedrock that formed in the Eocene. The rock here is clay, silt, sand and gravel.