Poultry Cross
The Poultry Cross is a market cross in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, marking the site of former markets. Constructed in the 14th century and modified in the 18th century, it stands at the junction of Silver Street and Minster Street.Photo: Peter Facey, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Shelter
- Description: Grade I listed market cross in Salisbury, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Poultry Cross (Salisbury)”, “Poultry Cross, Salisbury”, and “The Poultry Cross”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Salisbury Cathedral and Salisbury Guildhall.
Salisbury Cathedral
Church
Photo: Solipsist, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Salisbury Cathedral, formally the Cathedral Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, is an Anglican cathedral in the city of Salisbury, England. The cathedral is regarded as one of the leading examples of Early English Gothic design. Salisbury Cathedral is situated 1,400 feet south of Poultry Cross.
Salisbury Guildhall
Town hall
Photo: Salisburycc1, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Salisbury Guildhall is an 18th-century municipal building in the Market Place, Salisbury, England. The building, which is the meeting place of the Salisbury City Council, is a Grade II* listed building. Salisbury Guildhall is situated 390 feet east of Poultry Cross.
St Thomas’s Church, Salisbury
Church
Photo: Chris Talbot, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Thomas's Church is a Church of England parish church in central Salisbury, Wiltshire, England. The church was founded in the early 13th century and rebuilt in the 15th century at the expense of the city's prosperous merchants.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Harnham and Bemerton.
Harnham
Suburb
Photo: Simon Burchell, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Harnham is a suburb of the city of Salisbury in Wiltshire, England, centred about 0.6 miles south of Salisbury Cathedral and across the River Avon. Harnham is split into the areas of West Harnham and East Harnham.
Bemerton
Suburb
Photo: Chris Talbot, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bemerton, once a rural hamlet and later a civil parish to the west of Salisbury, in Wiltshire, England, is now a suburb of that city. Modern-day Bemerton has areas known as Bemerton Heath, Bemerton Village and Lower Bemerton.
Stratford-sub-Castle
Village
Photo: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Stratford-sub-Castle in Wiltshire, England, was anciently a separate village and civil parish, but is now in Salisbury. At approximately 170 ft above sea level, it is dominated to the east by the remains of an Iron Age hillfort, within the boundaries of which a Norman castle was built. Stratford-sub-Castle is situated 1½ miles northwest of Poultry Cross.
Poultry Cross
- Categories: market cross, building, and canopy
- Location: Salisbury, Wiltshire, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.06874° or 51° 4′ 8″ northLongitude
-1.79614° or 1° 47′ 46″ westOpen location code
9C3W3693+FGOpenStreetMap ID
way 291585755OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=shelterOpenStreetMap feature
building=roofWikidata ID
Q15268323
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In Other Languages
From German to Italian—“Poultry Cross” goes by many names.
- German: “Poultry Cross”
- Italian: “Poultry Cross”
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Highlights include The Haunch Of Venison and Whitewall Galleries.
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