Tag:historic=market_cross

historic = market_cross
Description
A cross marking a market place, sometimes moved to a new location.
Group: historic
Used on these elements
Useful combination
wikimedia_commons=* heritage=*
See also
historic=wayside_cross historic=high_cross
Status: in use
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A Market cross is a (mostly) stone cross that marks the location of the market in a mediaeval town, irrespective if the town still exists or not. They are often built on a base of concentric steps to be visible from afar in the mediaeval streetscape. Some of them have been moved to safer locations due to road improvement schemes or other reasons.

In lost villages/ towns, only the base may survive.

How to map

Depending on the size, set a node or draw the area and add the main tag historic=market_cross.

Tags used in combination

• moved=* - only useful, if yes
• height=*
• material=*
• wikimedia_commons=*
• heritage=* and possibly reference numbers
• covered=* where yes applies

Gallery

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  Market Cross and Stocks

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  Naseby Market Cross (view on OSM)

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  Chapel-en-le-Frith Market Cross, Derbishire

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  Higham Market Cross

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  Nunney Market Cross (view on OSM)

See also

• historic=wayside_cross - a historic wayside cross (usually Christian).
• historic=memorial + memorial=cross - a cross-shaped memorial commemorating some event/incident.

• historic=high_cross - an early medieaval standing cross, richly decorated, often with a ring surrounding the crossing point.

• historic=stone + stone_type=conciliation_cross - conciliation cross, also known as roadside cross or penitence cross, is a stone cross, which was set up in a place where a murder or accident had happened.

• historic=wayside_shrine - a small shrine showing a religious depiction, usually placed by a road or pathway.
• amenity=place_of_worship + place_of_worship=cross - if thera are ceremonies of worshipping regularly performed.
• man_made=cross - cross, especially one with little historical value.
• summit:cross=yes attribute for natural=peak or man_made=cross - if there is a summit cross on or nearby this peak.