The Market Cross is Grade II listed. The description given by British Listed Buildings reads as follows;
"NEWCASTLE UNDER LYME
SJ8445NE HIGH STREET
644-1/10/23 Market Cross
21/10/49
GV II
Market cross. Originally of late C18, extensively renewed late
C20. Stone. Fluted Doric column capped with plain abacus and
cast-iron lamp bracket raised on square plinth above circular
steps.
Listing NGR: SJ8485745980"
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Two further plaques mounted on the Market Cross give the following information;
RESTORATION OF THE
MARKET CROSS, 1984.
THE ORIGINAL TOP STONE AND
COLUMN WERE REPLACED, THE LAMP
BRACKET, STEPS AND OTHER
STONEWORK WERE REPAIRED.
THE MAYOR, COUNCILLOR T.NAYLOR
COMMEMORATED THE RESTORATION
ON 21ST DECEMBER 1984.
RESTORATION OF THE
MARKET CROSS 2006
THE ORIGINAL BOTTOM STEP
WAS REPLACED AND OTHER
STONEWORK AND LAMP BRACKET
REPAIRED.
THE DEPUTY MAYOR COUNCILLOR
DAVID CLARKE
COMMEMORTAED THE RESTORATION
ON 15TH JUNE 2006.
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Elizabeth II(Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; born 21st April 1926 - died 8th September 2022) was Queen of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms. Her reign of 70 years and 214 days was the longest of any British monarch and the longest verified reign of any female sovereign in history. (
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Coronation of Elizabeth II"The coronation of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms took place on 2nd June 1953 at Westminster Abbey in London.
She acceded to the throne at the age of 25 upon the death of her father, George VI, on 6th February 1952, being proclaimed queen by her privy and executive councils shortly afterwards.
The coronation was held more than one year later because of the tradition of allowing an appropriate length of time to pass after a monarch dies before holding such festivals. It also gave the planning committees adequate time to make preparations for the ceremony.
During the service, Elizabeth took an oath, was anointed with holy oil, was invested with robes and regalia, and was crowned Queen of the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Pakistan, and Ceylon (now Sri Lanka).
Celebrations took place across the Commonwealth realms and a commemorative medal was issued. It has been the only British coronation to be fully televised; television cameras had not been allowed inside the abbey during her parents' coronation in 1937. Elizabeth's was the fourth and last British coronation of the 20th century. It was estimated to have cost £1.57 million (c. £43,427,400 in 2019)."
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