Market Place
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Market Place by Michael Dibb as part of the Geograph project.
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Market Place
Image: © Michael Dibb Taken: 22 May 2011
The Market Cross has octagonal plinth and eight steps and an octagonal shaft from an earlier cross which stood on this site. The head of the cross is composed of lozenge shaped blind tracery panels. In the background is Northumberland Hall, assembly rooms built by the Duke of Northumberland in 1826 and given to the town in 1919.
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Image Location
Latitude
55.413362
Longitude
-1.706974