Name: Binham Market Cross
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Binham Market Cross

Langham Road, Binham, Fakenham, Norfolk NR21 0DW, UK

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Binham Market Cross is one of the best surviving examples of a medieval standing cross in Norfolk. It stands on the green in the centre of the village and could have been erected by the monks of nearby Binham Priory.

Over 12,000 standing crosses are thought to have been erected throughout England between the mid-10th and the mid-16th centuries. In churchyards they served as stations for outdoor processions; within settlements as places for preaching, public proclamation and penance, and for defining rights of sanctuary. They were also employed to mark parish, property or settlement boundaries, and sometimes to commemorate battles.

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Binham Market Cross is one of the best surviving examples of a medieval standing cross in Norfolk. It stands on the green in the centre of the village and could have been erected by the monks of nearby Binham Priory.
Over 12,000 standing crosses are thought to have been erected throughout England between the mid-10th and the mid-16th centuries.
In churchyards they served as stations for outdoor processions; within settlements as places for preaching, public proclamation and penance, and for defining rights of sanctuary. They were also employed to mark parish, property or settlement boundaries, and sometimes to commemorate battles.
Some crosses were linked to particular saints whose support and protection their presence would help to invoke. Many cross-heads were destroyed by iconoclasts during the 16th and 17th centuries and now fewer than 2,000 examples, with or without cross-heads, are thought to survive.
Following the grant of a charter by Henry I, an annual fair and a weekly market were held here from the early 12th century, and fairs continued to be held on the green until the early 1950s.

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Parking: There is a no car park for the cross but it is possible to park on nearby roads.
Toilets: There are toilets available in the parish church alongside Binham Priory ruins.
Dogs: Dogs on leads are welcome.

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Free Entry.

Pricing URL: https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/binham-market-cross/opening-times/

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Viewable any reasonable time during daylight hours.

Address: Langham Road, Binham, Fakenham, Norfolk NR21 0DW, UK

Post Code: NR21 0DW

Council: North Norfolk

County: Norfolk

Road Access: Located on Binham village green, 1/3 mile south of Binham Priory, on the road for Field Dalling.
Bus Access: Sanders service 13 (Thu only) & 46.
Bicycle Access: Find this site on The National Cycle Network.
Parking: There is a no car park for the cross but it is possible to park on nearby roads.