Applegarth, Market Cross
Market Cross (17th Century), War Memorial (20th Century)
Site Name Applegarth, Market Cross
Classification Market Cross (17th Century), War Memorial (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Applegarthtown, War Memorial
Canmore ID 66836
Site Number NY18SW 3
NGR NY 10496 84311
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/66836
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Applegarth
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Annandale And Eskdale
- Former County Dumfries-shire
NY18SW 3 10496 84311
(NY 1049 8430) Market Cross (NR) (Site of)
OS 6" map (1957)
Location formerly entered as NY 1049 8430.
A small mound about 55 yards NE of the church, in which the base of the market cross is said to be embedded, marks the site.
The right to hold four annual fairs and a weekly market at Applegarth was granted to Sir William Jardine in 1685.
NSA 1845 (W Dunbar); Name Book 1857; G S Pryde 1952.
No trace of the mound or base of the cross remains. A war memorial now occupies the site.
Visited by OS (RD) 19 May 1966.
War Memorial
on site of
Market Cross [NAT]
OS (GIS) MasterMap, July 2009.