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Dr. Farrar, being condemned and degraded, was not long after brought to the place of execution in the town of Carmathen, in the market-place of which, on the south side of the market-cross, March 30, 1555, being

Fox's Book of Martyrs Or A History of the Lives, Sufferings, and Triumphant Deaths of the Primitive Protestant Martyrs John Foxe

His yeomen, round the market-cross, make clear an ample space;

The Ontario Readers: Fourth Book Ontario. Ministry of Education

In England this would be certainly the pedestal of some old demolished market-cross; but it may have been the lower part of some memorial pyramid.

Byeways in Palestine James Finn

The building to the extreme left is part of the market-cross, erected by dean Denton, but replaced some years since by a light brick building.

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 572, October 20, 1832 Various

Attracting no little attention from the group of loiterers around the market-cross, they passed the White-Lion Inn, and, turning into Henley Street, soon drew their bridles before a goodly cottage built of heavy timbers and standing with one of its peaked gables to the street.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 21, July, 1859 Various

Scotland, presided; but Borthwick having escaped to England, he was condemned, and excommunicated, and his effigy burnt at the market-cross of St. Andrews.

The Works of John Knox, Vol. 1 (of 6) John Knox

I think I heard the parson say once, when he were preaching in the open-air at the market-cross one summer's evening, summat about heaping coals of fire on a man's head as has wronged you, by returning him good for evil.

True to his Colours The Life that Wears Best Theodore P. Wilson

An interesting relic of old times is the blowing of the horn at nine in the evening by a constable outside the mayor's house and at the market-cross.

What to See in England Gordon Home 1923

The place was once a market town of considerable note, as the fine market-cross still testifies, but is now chiefly celebrated as a starting-point for visiting the wonderful natural beauties of the neighbourhood, the tremendous gorge through the

What to See in England Gordon Home 1923

Adjoining the shambles is the broken stump of the market-cross raised upon its old steps, and close by also is the entrance to the churchyard.

The Evolution of an English Town Gordon Home 1923