Masham Market Cross
Masham Market Cross is a historic structure in Masham, a town in North Yorkshire, in England. Masham received a market charter in 1251, and the market cross was erected in the marketplace during the mediaeval period.Photo: Rosser1954, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Monument
- Description: medieval cross in Masham, England
- Also known as: “Market Cross”, “Market cross in Masham”, and “Market Cross, Masham”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Masham Town Hall and Kings Head Hotel.
Masham Town Hall
Town hall
Photo: Gordon Hatton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Masham Town Hall is a municipal building in the Little Market Place, Masham, North Yorkshire, England. It is used as an events venue and meeting place of Masham Parish Council, and is a grade II listed building.
Church of St Mary the Virgin, Masham
Church
Photo: David Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Church of St Mary the Virgin, Masham, is the parish church in the town of Masham, North Yorkshire, England. The church stands on the site of an Anglo-Saxon place of worship with some the original Saxon stones incorporated into the current church. Church of St Mary the Virgin, Masham is situated 470 feet east of Masham Market Cross.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Masham and Swinton.
Masham
Town
Photo: Jamesfcarter, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Masham is a market town and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. It had a population of 1,205 at the 2011 census. The town is located 34 miles northwest of York and was in the former Harrogate district.
Swinton
Village
Swinton is a small village in the county of North Yorkshire, England. It is situated to the immediate south-west of Masham and separated from it by the River Burn.
Warthermarske
Hamlet
Photo: Peter Barr, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Warthermarske is a hamlet in the county of North Yorkshire, England. It is near Swinton, about 1 mile south-west of Masham. The village is not far from the River Ure, which eventually runs through the small city of Ripon, which itself is a few miles south-east of Warthermarske. Warthermarske is situated 1½ miles southwest of Masham Market Cross.
Masham Market Cross
- Categories: market cross and historic site
- Location: Masham, Harrogate District, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.22161° or 54° 13′ 18″ northLongitude
-1.65594° or 1° 39′ 21″ westOpen location code
9C6W68CV+JJOpenStreetMap ID
node 2261618236OpenStreetMap feature
historic=monumentWikidata ID
Q17662134
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