Banbury cross where is it

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Over forty temples and monuments, laid out against an inspiring backdrop of lakes and…. Charlbury Museum is currently closed because of the Covid pandemic. Not convinced? Find out more ». Share this article via facebook Share this article via twitter Share this article via messenger Share this with Share this article via email Share this article via flipboard Copy link. Share this article via comment Share this article via facebook Share this article via twitter. More Stories. The High Cross has an infamous history to rival the iconography of the present cross, as it was brutally destroyed in by local puritans who deemed the cross to be a symbol of paganism, the worshipping of such idols a sinful crime in the eyes of the devout Christian population.

On the dawn 26th July two masons took it upon themselves to start hacking and pulling at the defenceless cross, soon to be joined by 40 more helping hands as a partisan crowd started to gather. We have little evidence on both the situation and the indeed the carvings on which the masons supposedly focused their fury. The following morning the Ashdodites found the fallen stone image of Dagon lying broken before the ark. It was a large, covered cross, made of stone with a slate roof so that the butchers and bakers who had their market stalls there could keep dry in wet weather.

This cross was associated with the distribution of bread to the poor each Good Friday. A cross on this site was first referred to in The White Cross lay on the western boundary line of the old town borough, at what is now the corner of West Bar Street and Beargarden Road. It was first mentioned in but little is known about it. It seems that the start of the new millennium was a turbulent time for all Banburians.