Market Cross, Malmesbury, Wiltshire

It was built in the late 15th/early 16th century, renovated c1800 by the Earl of Suffolk, and repaired in 1909-12 and 1949-50. A record from c1544 states that it was built in living memory "for poore market folkes to stande dry when rayne cummith". It is an excellent example of a market cross from this period.

Location

Wiltshire Malmesbury

Period

Tudor (1485 - 1602)

Tags

cross monument welfare philanthropy market Tudor (1485 - 1602)