Market Cross
The cross was given to the town by Mr H C Richards in 1901 to commemorate the Accession of Edward VII. It was placed at the junction of Harold Road and Old London Road. When the junction was realigned (before 1974) the cross was moved a few yards south.
Inscriptions
On the west side of the plinth[1]:
TO COMMEMORATE
THE PROCLAMATION
OF THE ACCESSION OF
KING EDWARD VII
ON THIS SPOT.
ON THE 26TH JANUARY 1901
BY THE MAYOR
ALDERMAN F.A. LANGHAM J.P.
On the east side of the plinth[1]:
THIS CROSS
IS ERECTED NEAR THE
SITE OF THE OLD MARKET CROSS
BY
H.C. RICHARDS K.C.. M.P.
WHO FORMERLY RESIDED IN THIS PARISH
WITH HIS PARENTS.
FREDERICK RICHARDS. J.P.
AND
A. C. E. RICHARDS
1873 -------- 1880
Images
- Images
Edward VII Accession 1901 Market Cross
Old-London-Road.-1902.
All-Saints-Street-Old-London-Road-Harold-Road-and-High-Street.-1902.
Old-London-Road.-Old-Town.-1903.
Looking-down-the-Old-London-Road-towards-the-Market-Cross.-1903.
Market-Cross-at-the-top-of-High-Street.-1906.
The-Market-Cross-Old-London-Road.-1906.
Age51-Hastings of Bygone Days and the Present.pdf.
Market Cross 2007
Cyril and Lilian Bishop being loaded onto lorry 2024
References & Notes
- ↑ a b Public Sculptures of Sussex Database: Object Details | Public Sculptures of Sussex Database, accessdate: 1 January 2020
