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Title
Market Cross
Date
1927
Medium
stone
Measurements
H 310 x W (?) x D (?) cm;
Plinth: H 110 x W 360 x D 360 cm
Accession number
DL1_HJC_S011
Acquisition method
commissioned by Dame Dorothy Browne
Work type
Cross
Owner
Darlington Borough Council
Custodian
Darlington Borough Council
Work status
extant
Access
at all times
Inscription description
incised around the capital in black lettering: This crofs is Erected By :Dame: Dorothy Browne / 1727; on each face of the top tier of the tiered base is a grey mable plaque, incised in gold capitals; on west-facing plaque: DARLINGTON MARKET CROSS / PRESENTED IN 1727 BY DAME DOROTHY BROWN / RESTORED AND RESITED MAY 1993 / BY PRESS CONSTRUCTION LTD. / IN ASSOCIATION WITH D.B.C.; on east-facing plaque: TO CELEBRATE 40 YEARS OF / DARLINGTON'S TOWN TWINNING WITH / AMIENS AND MULHEIM AN DER RUHR; two other plaques repeat the same commemoration in French and German.
Horsemarket, Darlington
DL1 5PW
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