Old Market Cross at Horsington
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Old Market Cross at Horsington
Image: © Mike Searle Taken: 11 Apr 2007
A small plaque near the cross reads: 'This cross of Ham Hill stone, was once the scene of the village market. Possibly St. Aldhelm of Sherborne preached here (about 705 A.D.) before the church was built. It may have been erected on the grant of Free Warren to the Lord of the Manor in 1284, giving him the right to hold a fair, a market, and a court'. The cross is marked on the OS map, and is Grade II Listed.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.013167
Longitude
-2.424601