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Market cross

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A market cross, or in Scots, a mercat cross, is a structure used to mark a market square in market towns, where historically the right to hold a regular market or fair was granted by the monarch, a bishop or a baron. [1]

120 relations: Aberdeen, Alfriston, Alnwick, Alston, Cumbria, Ambleside, Ashbourne, Derbyshire, Askrigg, Banbury, Barnard Castle, Bedale, Bedlington, Belford, Northumberland, Beverley, Bingham, Nottinghamshire, Binham, Boroughbridge, Bovey Tracey, Bristol High Cross, Bungay, Burnley, Bury St Edmunds, Carlisle, Cumbria, Castle Combe, Chapel-en-le-Frith, Cheddar, Somerset, Chester, Chichester, Chichester Cross, Chipping Sodbury, Clowne, Colne, Corby Glen, Corfe Castle, Coventry Cross, Cricklade, Cross, Culross, Darlington, Devizes, Dunstable, Early Middle Ages, Easingwold, East Hagbourne, Edinburgh, Eleanor cross, Elstow, Epworth, Lincolnshire, Frome, Garstang, Glasgow, ..., Glasgow Cross, Glastonbury, Grantham, Guisborough, Harringworth, Helmsley, Henley-in-Arden, Hereford, High cross, Higham Ferrers, Highburton, Holsworthy, Devon, Holt, Norfolk, Howden, Huddersfield, Insular art, Keighley, Kirkby Lonsdale, Kirkby Malzeard, Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Leicester, Leighton Buzzard, Lerwick, Maiden Newton, Malmesbury, Malmesbury Market Cross, Market square, Market town, Masham, Maybole, Mercat cross, Mildenhall, Suffolk, Milnthorpe, Minchinhampton, New Buckenham, Newport, Wales, North Walsham, Northallerton, Oakham, Obelisk, Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Perron (architecture), Poulton-le-Fylde, Repton, Ripon, Rothesay, Bute, Saffron Walden, Salisbury, Scots language, Selby, Shap, Shepton Mallet, Somerton, Spilsby, Spire, St Albans, Stalbridge, Stamfordham, Northumberland, Stow-on-the-Wold, Sturminster Newton, Swaffham, Norfolk, Swinton, Scottish Borders, Tottenham High Cross, Wells, Somerset, West Burton, North Yorkshire, Wigtown, Winchester, Witney, Wymondham, Yarn Market, Dunster. Expand index (70 more) »

Aberdeen

Aberdeen (Aiberdeen,; Obar Dheathain; Aberdonia) is Scotland's third most populous city, one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas and the United Kingdom's 37th most populous built-up area, with an official population estimate of 196,670 for the city of Aberdeen and for the local authority area.

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Alfriston

Alfriston is a village and civil parish in the East Sussex district of Wealden, England.

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Alnwick

Alnwick is a market town in north Northumberland, England, of which it is the traditional county town.

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Alston, Cumbria

Alston is a small town in Cumbria, England, within the civil parish of Alston Moor on the River South Tyne.

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Ambleside

Ambleside is a town in Cumbria, in North West England.

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Ashbourne, Derbyshire

Ashbourne is a market town in the Derbyshire Dales, England.

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Askrigg

Askrigg is a small village and civil parish in Wensleydale in the Yorkshire Dales National Park.

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Banbury

Banbury is a historic market town on the River Cherwell in Oxfordshire, England.

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Barnard Castle

Barnard Castle is a market town in Teesdale, County Durham, England.

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Bedale

Bedale is a market town and civil parish in the district of Hambleton, North Yorkshire, England.

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Bedlington

Bedlington is a town in Northumberland, England, with a population of roughly 15,400, measured at 18,470 at the 2011 Census.

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Belford, Northumberland

Belford is a village and civil parish in Northumberland, England, about halfway between Alnwick and Berwick-upon-Tweed, a few miles inland from the east coast and just off the Great North Road, the A1.

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Beverley

Beverley is a historic market town, civil parish and the county town of the East Riding of Yorkshire, England.

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Bingham, Nottinghamshire

Bingham is a market town in the Rushcliffe borough of Nottinghamshire, England, nine miles (14.5 km) east of Nottingham and 11.7 miles (18.8 km) south-west of Newark-on-Trent.

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Binham

Binham is a coastal village and a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk.

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Boroughbridge

Boroughbridge is a small town and civil parish in the Harrogate district of North Yorkshire, England.

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Bovey Tracey

Bovey Tracey is a small town and civil parish in Devon, England, on the edge of Dartmoor, its proximity to which gives rise to the "slogan" used on the town's boundary signs, "The Gateway to the Moor".

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Bristol High Cross

Bristol High Cross was a monumental market cross erected in 1373 in the centre of Bristol.

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Bungay

Bungay is a market town and electoral ward in the English county of Suffolk.

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Burnley

Burnley is a market town in Lancashire, England, with a population of 73,021.

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Bury St Edmunds

Bury St Edmunds is a historic market town and civil parish in the in St Edmundsbury district, in the county of Suffolk, England.

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Carlisle, Cumbria

Carlisle (or from Cumbric: Caer Luel Cathair Luail) is the county town of Cumbria.

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Castle Combe

Castle Combe is a village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England, about northwest of the town of Chippenham.

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Chapel-en-le-Frith

Chapel-en-le-Frith is a small town and civil parish in Derbyshire, England.

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Cheddar, Somerset

Cheddar is a large village and civil parish in the Sedgemoor district of the English county of Somerset.

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Chester

Chester (Caer) is a walled city in Cheshire, England, on the River Dee, close to the border with Wales.

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Chichester

Chichester is a cathedral city in West Sussex, in South-East England.

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Chichester Cross

Chichester Cross is an elaborate Perpendicular market cross in the centre of the city of Chichester, West Sussex, standing at the intersection of the four principal streets.

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Chipping Sodbury

Chipping Sodbury is a market town in the unitary authority of South Gloucestershire, south-west England, founded in the 12th century by William Crassus (or le Gros).

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Clowne

Clowne is a village and civil parish in the Bolsover district of Derbyshire, England.

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Colne

Colne is a town and civil parish in Lancashire, England, six miles north-east of Burnley, 25 miles east of Preston, 25 miles north of Manchester and 30 miles west of Leeds.

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Corby Glen

Corby Glen is a village and civil parish in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England.

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Corfe Castle

Corfe Castle is a fortification standing above the village of the same name on the Isle of Purbeck in the English county of Dorset.

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Coventry Cross

Coventry Cross is an important landmark in the cathedral city of Coventry, England.

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Cricklade

Cricklade is a small Cotswold town and civil parish on the River Thames in north Wiltshire, England, midway between Swindon and Cirencester.

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Cross

A cross is a geometrical figure consisting of two intersecting lines or bars, usually perpendicular to each other.

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Culross

Culross (/ˈkurəs/) (Gaelic: Cuileann Ros) is a village and former royal burgh, and parish, in Fife, Scotland.

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Darlington

Darlington is a large market town in County Durham, in North East England.

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Devizes

Devizes is a market town and civil parish in the centre of Wiltshire, England.

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Dunstable

Dunstable is a market town and civil parish located in Bedfordshire, England.

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Early Middle Ages

The Early Middle Ages or Early Medieval Period, typically regarded as lasting from the 5th or 6th century to the 10th century CE, marked the start of the Middle Ages of European history.

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Easingwold

Easingwold is a small market town, electoral ward and a civil parish in North Yorkshire, England.

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East Hagbourne

East Hagbourne is a village and civil parish about south of Didcot and south of Oxford.

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Edinburgh

Edinburgh (Dùn Èideann; Edinburgh) is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 council areas.

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Eleanor cross

The Eleanor crosses were a series of twelve lavishly decorated stone monuments topped with tall crosses, of which three survive nearly intact, in a line down part of the east of England.

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Elstow

Elstow is a village and civil parish in the English county of Bedfordshire.

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Epworth, Lincolnshire

Epworth is a small town and civil parish in the Isle of Axholme, North Lincolnshire, England.

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Frome

Frome is a town and civil parish in eastern Somerset, England.

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Garstang

Garstang is an old market town and civil parish within the Wyre borough of Lancashire, England.

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Glasgow

Glasgow (Glesga; Glaschu) is the largest city in Scotland, and third most populous in the United Kingdom.

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Glasgow Cross

Glasgow Cross is a major junction in the city centre of Glasgow, which has, at its centre, five streets running from it: the High Street (A8) to the north, Gallowgate (A89) and London Road (A749) heading east, the Saltmarket to the south, and the Trongate running west to the Merchant City.

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Glastonbury

Glastonbury is a town and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated at a dry point on the low-lying Somerset Levels, south of Bristol.

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Grantham

Grantham is a town in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England.

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Guisborough

Guisborough is a market town and civil parish in the North East of England.

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Harringworth

Harringworth is a village and civil parish in the East Northamptonshire district of Northamptonshire, England.

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Helmsley

Helmsley is a market town and civil parish in the Ryedale district of North Yorkshire, England.

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Henley-in-Arden

Henley-in-Arden (also known as simply Henley) is a small town in Warwickshire, England.

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Hereford

Hereford is a cathedral city, civil parish and county town of Herefordshire, England.

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High cross

A high cross or standing cross (cros ard / ardchros, crois àrd / àrd-chrois, croes uchel / croes eglwysig) is a free-standing Christian cross made of stone and often richly decorated.

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Higham Ferrers

Higham Ferrers is a market town in the Nene Valley in East Northamptonshire, England, close to the Cambridgeshire and Bedfordshire borders.

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Highburton

Highburton is part of the township of Kirkburton, a village in the county of West Yorkshire, England.

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Holsworthy, Devon

Holsworthy is a small market town and civil parish in the local government district of Torridge, Devon, England.

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Holt, Norfolk

Holt is a market town, civil parish and electoral ward in the English county of Norfolk.

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Howden

Howden is a small historic market town and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England.

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Huddersfield

Huddersfield is a large market town in West Yorkshire, England.

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Insular art

Insular art, also known as Hiberno-Saxon art, is the style of art produced in the post-Roman history of Ireland and Britain.

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Keighley

Keighley is a town and civil parish within the metropolitan borough of the City of Bradford in West Yorkshire, England.

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Kirkby Lonsdale

Kirkby Lonsdale is a small town and civil parish in the South Lakeland district of Cumbria, England, on the River Lune.

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Kirkby Malzeard

Kirkby Malzeard is a village and civil parish in the Harrogate district of North Yorkshire, England.

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Kirkby-in-Ashfield

Kirkby-in-Ashfield is a market town in Nottinghamshire, England, with a population of 25,265 (according to the 2001 National Census), falling to 20,672 for the total of the 3 Ashfield Wards taken at the 2011 census.

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Leicester

Leicester ("Lester") is a city and unitary authority area in the East Midlands of England, and the county town of Leicestershire.

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Leighton Buzzard

Leighton Buzzard is a town in Bedfordshire, England near the Chiltern Hills and lying between Luton and Milton Keynes.

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Lerwick

Lerwick (Scottish Gaelic: Liùrabhaig, Norwegian: Leirvik) is the main port of Shetland Islands, Scotland.

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Maiden Newton

Maiden Newton is a village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in south-west England.

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Malmesbury

Malmesbury is a market town and civil parish in the southern Cotswolds in the county of Wiltshire, England.

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Malmesbury Market Cross

Malmesbury Market Cross is a Grade I listed, late 15th century structure in the town of Malmesbury, Wiltshire, England.

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Market square

The market square (or sometimes, the market place) is a feature of many European and colonial towns.

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Market town

Market town or market right is a legal term, originating in the Middle Ages, for a European settlement that has the right to host markets, distinguishing it from a village and city.

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Masham

Masham is a small market town and civil parish in the Harrogate district of North Yorkshire, England.

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Maybole

Maybole (Am Magh Baoghail) is a burgh of barony and police burgh of South Ayrshire, Scotland.

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Mercat cross

A mercat cross is the Scots name for the market cross found frequently in Scottish cities, towns and villages where historically the right to hold a regular market or fair was granted by the monarch, a bishop or a baron.

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Mildenhall, Suffolk

Mildenhall is a small market town and civil parish in Suffolk, England.

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Milnthorpe

Milnthorpe is a large village and electoral ward within the South Lakeland district of Cumbria, England.

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Minchinhampton

Minchinhampton is an ancient market town, located on a hilltop, south-south-east of Stroud, Gloucestershire, England, in the Cotswolds.

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New Buckenham

New Buckenham is a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk.

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Newport, Wales

Newport (Casnewydd) is a cathedral and university city and unitary authority area in south east Wales.

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North Walsham

North Walsham is a market town and civil parish in Norfolk, England within the North Norfolk district.

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Northallerton

Northallerton is a market town and civil parish in the Hambleton district of North Yorkshire, England.

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Oakham

Oakham is the county town of Rutland in the East Midlands of England, east of Leicester, south-east of Nottingham and west of Peterborough.

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Obelisk

An obelisk (from ὀβελίσκος obeliskos; diminutive of ὀβελός obelos, "spit, nail, pointed pillar") is a tall, four-sided, narrow tapering monument which ends in a pyramid-like shape or pyramidion at the top.

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Pembroke, Pembrokeshire

Pembroke (Penfro) is an historic settlement and was the county town of Pembrokeshire in West Wales.

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Perron (architecture)

A perron (in French; also perroen) is a stone column, often decorated with a globus cruciger, that was erected in cities belonging to the erstwhile Prince-Bishopric of Liège (980-1795).

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Poulton-le-Fylde

Poulton-le-Fylde, commonly abbreviated to Poulton, is a market town in Lancashire, England, situated on the coastal plain called the Fylde.

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Repton

Repton is a village and civil parish in the South Derbyshire district of Derbyshire, England, located on the edge of the River Trent floodplain, about north of Swadlincote.

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Ripon

Ripon is a cathedral city in the Borough of Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England.

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Rothesay, Bute

Rothesay (Baile Bhòid) is the principal town on the Isle of Bute, in the council area of Argyll and Bute, Scotland.

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Saffron Walden

Saffron Walden is a market town in the Uttlesford district of Essex, England, north of Bishop's Stortford, south of Cambridge and north of London.

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Salisbury

Salisbury is a cathedral city in Wiltshire, England, with a population of 40,302, at the confluence of the rivers Nadder, Ebble, Wylye and Bourne.

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Scots language

Scots is the Germanic language variety spoken in Lowland Scotland and parts of Ulster (where the local dialect is known as Ulster Scots).

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Selby

Selby is a town and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England.

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Shap

Shap is a linear village and civil parish located among fells and isolated dales in Eden district, Cumbria, England.

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Shepton Mallet

Shepton Mallet is a town and civil parish in the Mendip district of Somerset in South West England.

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Somerton

Somerton is a town and civil parish in the English county of Somerset.

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Spilsby

Spilsby is a market town, civil parish and electoral ward in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England.

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Spire

A spire is a tapering conical or pyramidal structure on the top of a building, often a skyscraper or a church tower, similar to a steep tented roof.

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St Albans

St Albans is a city in Hertfordshire, England, and the major urban area in the City and District of St Albans.

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Stalbridge

Stalbridge is a small town and civil parish in Dorset, England, situated in the Blackmore Vale area of North Dorset district, near the border with Somerset.

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Stamfordham, Northumberland

Stamfordham is a village and civil parish in Northumberland, about west of Newcastle upon Tyne, west of Ponteland and east of Hexham.

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Stow-on-the-Wold

Stow-on-the-Wold is a small market town and civil parish in Gloucestershire, England.

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Sturminster Newton

Sturminster Newton is a town and civil parish in the Blackmore Vale area of Dorset, England.

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Swaffham, Norfolk

Swaffham is a market town and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk.

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Swinton, Scottish Borders

Swinton is a small village in the Scottish Borders.

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Tottenham High Cross

Tottenham High Cross was erected in Tottenham sometime between 1600 and 1609 by Owen Wood, Dean of Armagh, on the site of a wooden wayside cross first mentioned in 1409, and marks what was the centre of Tottenham Village.

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Wells, Somerset

Wells is a cathedral city and civil parish in the Mendip district of Somerset, on the southern edge of the Mendip Hills.

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West Burton, North Yorkshire

West Burton is a village in Bishopdale, a side valley of Wensleydale, in the Yorkshire Dales, North Yorkshire, England.

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Wigtown

Wigtown (Baile na h-Ùige) is a town and former royal burgh in Wigtownshire, of which it is the county town, within the Dumfries and Galloway region in Scotland.

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Winchester

Winchester is a city and the county town of Hampshire, England.

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Witney

Witney is a historic market town on the River Windrush, west of Oxford in Oxfordshire, England.

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Wymondham

Wymondham is a market town and civil parish in Norfolk, England, southwest of Norwich, just off the A11 road from Norwich to London which now bypasses the town.

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Yarn Market, Dunster

The Yarn Market in Dunster, Somerset, England was built in the early 17th century.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Market_cross

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