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Noun Concept
Categories: Market towns, Articles with short description, Crosses by function, Monument types, Market crosses in England
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market cross  Towns and Villages in Great Britain with a Market Cross
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A cross-shaped monument set up in the marketplace of a town where public business is often conducted WordNet 3.0
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A cross-shaped monument set up in the marketplace of a town where public business is often conducted WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
A market cross, or in Scots, a mercat cross, is a structure used to mark a market square in market towns, where historically the right to hold a regular market or fair was granted by the monarch, a bishop or a baron. Wikipedia
A traditional structure, such as a stone cross, obelisk or spire, indicating the site of a market square. Wiktionary
IS A
monument
high cross
architectural structure
HAS KIND
Buttercross
mercat cross
Chichester Cross
Bristol High Cross
HAS INSTANCE
Chichester Cross
Malmesbury Market Cross
Mountsorrel Cross
Market Cross
Market Cross
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LOCATION
open-air market
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Market Cross, Towns and Villages in Great Britain with a Market Cross

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