Market Cross

About

Thornton-le-Dale Market Cross is a historic structure in Thornton-le-Dale, a village in North Yorkshire, in England. The village was granted a market charter in 1281. At some point in the Mediaeval period, a market cross was erected in the square in the middle of the village.

It would originally have been capped by a carved cross, but at some point that was replaced by a ball. The cross was restored in 1820, and was grade II listed in 1953. The cross is constructed of limestone.

It consists of a tapering octagonal shaft on a tall square pedestal, on six square stone steps.