The Market Cross - Tourist Attraction - Chichester, Sussex, United Kingdom
N 50° 50.192 W 000° 46.753
30U E 656370 N 5633997
Chichester's Market Cross was given to the city by Bishop Storey in 1501. The octagonal Market Cross has become a recognised image of the City of Chichester, West Sussex, Great Britain.
Waymark Code: WMV9Z9
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 03/21/2017
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No visit to Chichester would be complete without a exploring the Octagonal Market Cross & Chichester Cathedral which are some of the few remaining medieval buildings in the center of Chichester, & now stands surrounded by modern shops, pubs, & buildings as found in any typical British high street.
"Chichester's Market Cross was given to the city by Bishop Storey in 1501.
To some extent this gift was an act of generosity, providing a covered marketplace from which Chichester's traders could sell their wares. In part however the Bishop was playing politics with the city authorities who had sought greater control over trade in Chichester.
Until 1746 the clock on the cross was square. It was then replaced by four new clocks. How many thousands of Chichester shoppers have been told the time by looking up at the clock's massive black paddles over the quarter of a millennium since the clock was installed?
Until the pedestrianisation of Chichester city center the streets around the Cross used to be a busy highway with the main coastal road edging around the narrow gap between the Market Cross and the city centre shops.
Nowadays, apart from a few buses, the centre of Chichester is more or less traffic free." Text Source: (
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