Oldhamstocks, Village Green, Market Cross
Market Cross (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Oldhamstocks, Village Green, Market Cross
Classification Market Cross (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 58933
Site Number NT77SW 3
NGR NT 73909 70612
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/58933
- Council East Lothian
- Parish Oldhamstocks (East Lothian)
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District East Lothian
- Former County East Lothian
NT77SW 3 73909 70612.
(NT 73909 70612) Cross (NR)
OS 6" map (1971)
The market cross of Oldhamstocks was removed before 1900, the shaft at that time being preserved in the manse gardens.
J W Small 1900
Oldhamstocks was given the right to a weekly market in 1627.
C McWilliam 1978
The shaft of this market cross was re-erected on a modern base on the village green about ten years ago. The original site of the cross was in the N half of the manse garden (exact site not known) which once was part of the village green (Mr Hendry, The Smithy).
Visited by OS (WDJ) 29 March 1966
