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Market cross

England
List entry 1014002
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1014002
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.01 hectares
Grid reference
TA 11800 47569
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Market Cross is a late medieval stone monument located in Yorkshire, England, serving as a focal point for commercial and civic activity in its town centre. The structure exemplifies the type of market crosses that proliferated in English market towns from the fourteenth century onwards, functioning as a symbol of trading rights and a gathering place for commercial transactions. Built in stone with characteristic medieval architectural detailing, the cross would have stood as a prominent landmark defining the marketplace and facilitating the regulation of trade. Such monuments were essential infrastructure for medieval and early modern towns, marking the jurisdiction of local authority and the sanctioned space for commercial exchange.

Market cross is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1014002. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Market cross?

Market Cross is a late medieval stone monument located in Yorkshire, England, serving as a focal point for commercial and civic activity in its town centre. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1014002.

Who is responsible for protecting Market cross?

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 1014002.

What other scheduled monuments are near Market cross?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Hayholme moated site (2.7 km), Moated grange at Moor Grange (4.2 km), Rotsea medieval settlement and field system, 600m south east of Rotsea Manor (6.1 km).

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Overview
An interactive map of the location with every monument and battle plotted, and a plain-language history built only from what the record holds.
Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
Laser-scanned terrain that reveals earthworks hidden under fields and woodland, with likely features flagged.
Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
Legal
The protected sites nearby and the metal-detecting, access and treasure laws that apply to this ground.
Spotlight
A deep dive into the most remarkable, lesser-known history of the place, traced back to the record.
Target Zones
For detectorists: the most promising ground to search nearby, ranked by confidence, with what to expect.
Timeline
The whole story of the location told era by era, from prehistory to the present day.
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Hayholme moated site
2.7 km
Moated grange at Moor Grange
4.2 km
Rotsea medieval settlement and field system, 600m south east of Rotsea Manor
6.1 km
Manorial earthworks and fishponds in Rise Park, including the site of Black Hall and Mote Hill
6.6 km
Medieval moated tile kiln 250m north east of North Grange Farm
7.3 km
Meaux duck decoy, 420m south west of Meaux Decoy Farm
8.2 km
Skipsea Castle: 11th century motte and bailey castle and inland harbour
8.5 km
Site of Meaux Cistercian Abbey
8.5 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Market cross

Market cross stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Market cross

Star CarrArchaeological site · ~23.6 miles
Domesday entry for Brandesburton, Yorkshire →
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