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Market Cross, Darlington


The Market Cross in Darlington is located by the junction of Horsemarket and West Row / Blackwellgate. The current cross dates from 1727, commissioned by Dame Dorothy Browne (whose surname is mispelt on the engraving!), replacing an earlier market cross.[1] The cross was taken down and put in storage in 1955. It was restored and unveiled at its current location on the 17th of May 1993.[2]

Horsemarket, Darlington 1727
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Darlington Market Cross

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Stone pillar at junction of Horsemarket with West Row

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Horse Market, Darlington

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Market Cross - Horsemarket, Darlington, County Durham
- "A stone column with a large entablature surmounted by a drum and ball. The monument stands on an undressed stone base above a modern four-tiered square base. A local company …

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Schoolboy error
- Northern Echo, 7th June 2013. ".....The first real mention of a Market Cross in Darlington is in 1313, when the Bishop of Durham, Richard Kellaw, ordered that a proclamation be …

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Darlington, The Market Cross with HOgh Row and Binns in the background

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market cross

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