Market Cross Cut Bench Mark Shap Cumbria
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member flipflopnick
N 54° 31.788 W 002° 40.614
30U E 520909 N 6042518
Cut Bench Mark on the old Market Cross building on Shap main road. Unrestricted Parking on main road through Shap, A6.
Waymark Code: WM125R
Location: North West England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 12/22/2006
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member The Royles
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The Market Cross is one of the oldest buildings in Shap. Hence why OS chiselled a Cut Bench Mark on it.
There is a plaque which says 'Built through grant of charter 1687', put there by Shap Parish Council to commemorate the tercentenary in 1987.

The Market Cross building was bought by Shap Local History Group soon after the library left here to go to present site. The parish council still meet here.

Cut Bench mark is on left leg of the two middle legs of filled in arch on front of building.

Shap is just north of Junction 39 of M6, on the A6.

Address
Market Cross
Shap
CA10 3NN

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Type of Trigpoint: Cut Bench Mark

Condition: Good

Number on Flush Bracket: not listed
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