More information : 1. [SD 89004010 ] THE MARKET CROSS, COLNE..."the Market
Cross, which stood in the main street between Windy Bank and Colne
Lane, was removed in the year 1823 to make room for the coaches to
turn ... A sketch of this cross is in the Binns Collection in the
Liverpool Free Library. This sketch shows it to have been ...
consisting of a tapering circular column carried on a massive
pedestal, and crowned by a Corinthian capital, on which was carved
the letters I and R and two others much time worn. These letters ...
may indicate that the structure dated from the reign of the first or
second James, probably superseding a cross of much earlier date." (1)
SD89134012. C15 market cross, but extensively restored 1906. Stone. 15 ft high. Octagonal plan. The column consists of 9 blocks on moulded base and brattished cap. Three steps up to pedestal which is in 2 stages. Original site at corner of Windy Bank and Market Street. Grade II. (2) |