The Market Cross

Stalbridge Market Cross is one of the towns most iconic structures. Hundreds of years old it stands proudly on the High Street and is seen by thousands of people every day, whether walking or driving past. Click on a button below to find out more about the cross and its history.
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THE NEW MARKET CROSS DISPLAY ON THE COBBLED STONE NEXT TO THE CROSS

OUR SOURCES INCLUDE: STALBRIDGE ARCHIVE SOCIETY, STALBRIDGE HISTORY SOCIETY, RESEARCHERS FROM THE STALBRIDGE HISTORY TRAIL TEAM AND EXTRACTS FROM ARTICLES AND PUBLICATIONS BY ANN MOORE, BARBARA JAYES, ARTHUR MEE, ALFRED POPE, FREDERIC TREVES, HOWARD FLETCHER, JOHN HUTCHINS, SOMERSET & DORSET NOTES AND QUERIES, THE DORSET YEAR BOOK, THE ARCHIVES OF CORPUS CHRISTI COLLEGE CAMBRIDGE, LITERARY ANECDOTES OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY, THE ANCIENT CROSSES OF DORSET, WWW.ARCHIVE.ORG.