Image ID: 22212

Westgate, showing Market and Old Market Cross

Courtesy of Old Mansfield Society

Westgate
Mansfield
England

Market and Old Market Cross on the left, Nag's Head Inn on the right. A Square stone base and plinth supporting a smooth, round stone column topped with square sundial with metal armatures. Surmounted by a stone ball. A Grade II listed monument. A cross has been here since medieval times, though this cross is probably 16th century. On 31st March 1603, James VI (of Scotland) and I of England was proclaimed King here by Sir John Byron and others.

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