Altrincham Market Cross and Old Market Place
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The photograph on this page of Altrincham Market Cross and Old Market Place by David Dixon as part of the Geograph project.
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Altrincham Market Cross and Old Market Place
Image: © David Dixon Taken: 12 Jan 2012
The replica market cross was erected in 1990 where the original once stood outside the seventeenth century buttermarket. A plaque at its base (Image]) gives more detail. To the left is The Orange Tree. It and some of the adjacent buildings have fragments of 16th and 17th century buildings. The Orange Tree, which has been a pub only since the 1880’s, consists of two ancient timber buildings which had an alley on the left and has wattle and daub remains in a back room. Behind the cross, in this view, is the Old Market Tavern. Formerly The Unicorn, it was a mail coaching inn. It is a listed building. For more details, see http://www.communigate.co.uk/chesh/altrincham/page2.phtml (Altrincham History Society)
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Image Location
Latitude
53.388863
Longitude
-2.350747