B/w print

Acc.no: PEZPH : 1989.1129

Identification

Item: Market Cross in Morrab Gardens, Penzance

Description: This picture shows the Market Cross outside west facing wall of the Market House, Penzance which housed a meat market, the council chambers and the town cells. It stood in the Greenmaket 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 this picture, the inscription was chipped away. In 1925 it was moved into the Morrab Gardens and in 1952 found its resting place in Penlee Park near the original front entrance to the house. It was moved to outside the entrance to the museum in 1997. 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

Condition: Good -

Description

Height: Mm

Width: Mm

Material: Photograph

Production

Method: Printed

Date: 1880

Person: Gibson family, probably

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