Colour postcard

Acc.no: PEZPH : 2001.218

Identification

Item: The Market Cross, Morrab Gardens, Penzance

Description: This picture shows the Market Cross in the Morrab Gardens, Penzance. It stood in the Greenmarket for many years as a boundary stone for the town; it was then moved to the bottom of Causewayhead, where it served as a tethering post for pigs en route to the Bullock Market. In order to make it fit into the recess in the Market House, the inscription was chipped away. In 1925 it was moved into the Morrab Gardens and in 1952 found its resting place in Penlee Park. It reads, 'The Cross of King Ricatus.' The Cross bears more inscriptions than any other in Cornwall and, if and when deciphered, would be a valuable source of information on Penzance. Next to the cross is a man sitting on a park bench. Behind is a flower bed full of shrubs and in the distance is St Mary's Terrace. Across the front right of the picture are pathways dotted with trees. On the reverse is printed, 'The Woodbury Series No. 3778' and it is postmarked 20 May 1926

Description

Height: 88 mm

Width: 138 mm

Material: Photographic card

Production

Method: Printed

Category: Photography

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