Topic summary
Market cross
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.
Topic summary
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.