Weekday Cross, in the

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area of Nottingham, was the main market area in

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. As the location of the town hall, Nottingham Guild Hall and main market, it was the centre of the town, before the market moved to the

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. It was also known as Weekday Market.

The Cross

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(probably not the first) was erected about 1529-1530. The Chamberlain's Accounts contain items of expenditure relating to the purchase of stone and sand and payment to John Mychyll for working the stone. There is also reference to the purchase of drink that was drunk at the cross on Corpus Christi. This may relate to a celebration to mark its completion. About 1711 the "Cross" was familiarly known as "The Pillar." In 1736, the Crosses were cleaned at a cost of 1s 4d This cross was pulled down in 1804, the Corporation of Nottingham recording: A new Cross was erected in the late 1993 by

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The site

The market

The Monday market was for fresh vegetables and butter. Later it moved from Weekday Cross to the 'Monday Cross', now near St. Peter's Square. A market was held on Wednesdays and Fridays. It was possible to buy butter, eggs, pigeon, wild fowl, fruit and fish.

The Guildhall

When the merchants established a Guild to regulate trade they erected a Nottingham Guild Hall on Weekday Cross. This building became the Court House and Town Hall when the borough had its own mayor and aldermen. This site is now occupied by the

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art gallery.

Nottingham Bluecoat School

In 1723, land was given by William Thorpe on

High Pavement High Pavement is a street in Nottingham in Nottinghamshire, England. It is one of the earliest streets in the city, and most of its buildings are listed. History It runs from the east end of St Mary's Churchyard to Weekday Cross. Around 1681 a ...

in Weekday Cross was used and the

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migrated there,Nottinghamshire History, An Itinerary of Nottingham
High Pavement (2), Weekday Cross
remaining for over a century.

References

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