A stone cross situated in the marketplace of a British town.
（英国市镇）市场石十字架（多立于中世纪）
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About 40 commercial stalls will line the street from the market cross, and will sell a broad range of goods.
She added that a market cross was another feature of the park which could be enhanced.
He also endowed the town with almshouses, a new Grammar School and market cross.
Perhaps significant, the market cross, the place where buyer and seller came together to finalize a deal with a handshake, where the abstract became humanized, still remains.
The green west of the church was then the market place, and the market cross, standing on five steps, is a rare survival.
The ‘Butter Cross’ is one of the strangest little market crosses I've ever seen.
In the grounds of the grammar school is the old market cross and one of the medieval wells.
The market cross seemed made of rose quartz in the new light; even the gutter down the middle of the street flowed with what seemed liquid gold.
I finally cornered the Bishop in Newent, a delightful little place with an ancient market cross, a couple of family butchers and a cake shop called Daffodil.
The TV version of Skeldale House is just over from the market cross, pump and bull-baiting ring.
The pilgrimage procession sets out from in front of St John's church, proceeds down the High Street, past the market cross and into the Abbey.
Beyond the defensive perimeters of many castles the vestiges of medieval market places can still be found, often with market crosses.