Kirkby Lonsdale Market Cross
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Description
"Kirkby Lonsdale’s old market cross now stands in the middle of Swinegate, formerly the site of the market dealing in pigs and coal. The mediæval cross comprises of a rounded shaft set in a square base on three octagonal steps. The octagonal capital was crowned in C19 with a ball finial sometime during the nineteenth century. The cross originally stood at the junction of Main Street, Market Street and Mill Brow; it was moved to Swinegate in 1822. The cross is a Grade II listed building (Historic England List Entry Number: 1145765 https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1145765 )." Photo by David Dixon, 2018. -
Owner
David Dixon -
Source
Geograph (Geograph) -
License
What does this mean? Creative Commons License -
Further information
Link: http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5998453
Resource type: Image
Added by: Simon Cotterill
Last modified: 3 years, 8 months ago
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Picture Taken: 2018-12-03 -
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