Weekday Cross, in the Lace Market area of Nottingham, was the main market area in Nottingham. As the location of the town hall, Nottingham Guild Hall and main market, it was the centre of the town, before the market moved to the Old Market Square.
It was also known as Weekday Market.
A cross (probably not the first) was erected about 1529–1530. The Chamberlain's Accounts contain items of expenditure relating to the purchase of stone and sand and payment to John Mychyll for working the stone.[1] There is also reference to the purchase of drink that was drunk at the cross on Corpus Christi. This may relate to a celebration to mark its completion.
About 1711 the "Cross" was familiarly known as "The Pillar." In 1736, the Crosses were cleaned at a cost of 1s 4d[2] This cross was pulled down in 1804, the Corporation of Nottingham recording:
1804 Tuesday, 6 November Weekday Cross Ordered that the Week Day Cross be taken down and the Material sold by publick Auction …
When the merchants established a Guild to regulate trade they erected a Nottingham Guild Hall on Weekday Cross. This building became the Court House and Town Hall when the borough had its own mayor and aldermen.
In 1723, land was given by William Thorpe on High Pavement in Weekday Cross was used and the Nottingham Bluecoat School migrated there,[4] remaining for over a century.
The Blind Rabbit
The Weekday Cross, is directly outside The Blind Rabbit, and people can see it, while sitting in the outside drinking area.
References
↑Articles on Nottinghamshire history and archeology. J Potter Briscoe
