Description

NZ 11 SW NEWSHAM VILLAGE STREET
(south side)

2/107 Market cross and stocks

GV II

Cross and stocks. C16 cross restored 1828 and 1935, stocks 1828. Ashlar
sandstone cross. Wrought-iron stocks. Cross: 3 square steps supporting
octagonal base, with monolithic tapering shaft and C20 cap inscribed
"RSTD 1828 1935". Metal spike on top, braced in position by 4 brackets.
Immediately to east, pink granite boulder on the top of which are wrought-
iron shackles, with hinge and lock, incorporating 3 larger holes and one
smaller hole. Newsham had an important market in Tudor and Stuart times. T
Bulmer, History, Topography and Directory of North Yorkshire, (1890), p 468:
"Near the end of the street is an old stone cross, which was repaired by
subscription in 1828; at the same time, the old wooden stocks, which stood
close by, were replaced by iron ones; and this obsolete instrument of
correction is still in good preservation".

Listing NGR: NZ1058810011

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26424260

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Recommended Books

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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets