What is recorded here
This clear commemorative plaque records: Near this site stood the Market Cross until it was destroyed in 1600 A.D. Recorded plaque organisation: Banbury Borough Council, Alcan Booth Extrusions Limited.
The High Cross, also known as the Market Cross, served as a central gathering point and marketplace in Banbury; its destruction in 1600 marked the decline of traditional market crosses in England.
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