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Old Market Cross, West Gate, Mansfield

Old Market Cross
Westgate
Mansfield
Nottinghamshire
England

Also showing the Nag's Head Inn (left). 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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Mansfield Library