Masham Market Cross
Structure in Masham, North Yorkshire, England
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Masham Market Cross is a historic structure in Masham, a town in North Yorkshire, in England.
Masham received a market charter in 1251,[1] and the market cross was erected in the marketplace during the mediaeval period. The base survives, but the upper part of the cross was removed and a new shaft erected in the 18th century.[2] It was grade II listed in 1966, and is also a scheduled monument.[3][4]
The cross is built of stone. It consists of a tall octagonal shaft with a chamfered projecting band near the top, a frieze, a band, and a conical capstone with a ball finial, set on a four-step podium which is five metres square.[3][4]