THE OLD MARKET CROSS - CORSTOPITUM (COREBRIDGE)

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Corbridge


Northumberland


Vicar's Pele


Church of St. Andrew


1807


1800s


Old Market Cross

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    This beautiful arched doorway was the original entrance to the Vicar's Pele Tower adjacent to St.Andrew's church in Corebridge and could be as old as the cross by the wall, a plaque by the cross reads: THE OLD MARKET CROSS Which mounted on a Roman alter from Corstopitum, stood for some 600 years in the Market Place. It was removed in 1807, and restored and re-erected on its present site in 1975.

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    What does this mean? Attribution License

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    Link: https://www.flickr.com/photos/8521690@N02/8712672495/
    Resource type: Image
    Added by: Pat Thomson
    Last modified: 7 years, 10 months ago
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    Picture Taken: Unknown

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