Old Cumbria Gazetteer
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| placename:- | Shap Market Cross | |
| other name:- | Market Cross | |
| locality:- | Shap | |
| parish |
Shap parish, once in
Westmorland
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| county:- | Cumbria | |
| market cross | ||
| coordinates:- |
NY56291515 | |
| 10Km square:- |
NY51
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| 1Km square | NY5615 | |
 Shap Market Cross -- Shap -- Shap -- Cumbria / -- 23.4.2010 | ||
 Shap Market Cross -- Shap -- Shap -- Cumbria / -- 29.9.2005 | ||
| old print:- |
Pearson 1900s
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| Print, halftone photograph, The Market House, Shap, Westmorland, published by C Arthur Pearson, Henrietta Street, London, 1900s. | ||
| On p.223 of Pearson's Gossipy Guide to the English Lakes and Neighbouring Districts. | ||
| printed at bottom:- | ||
| THE MARKET HOUSE, SHAP. (p.222). | ||
| placename:- | Market House, The | |
| date:- | 1900=1909 | |
| period:- | 1900s | |
| old map:- |
OS County Series (Wmd 14
14)
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| County Series maps of Great Britain, scales 6 and 25 inches to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, from about 1863 to 1948. | ||
| The Cross (Dame Scool) | ||
| placename:- | Cross, The | |
| school | ||
| date:- | 1890=1899 | |
| period:- | 19th century, late; 1890s | |
| database:- |
Listed Buildings 2010
Listed Buildings 2010 | |
| courtesy of English Heritage | ||
| MARKET HALL / / MAIN STREET / SHAP / EDEN / CUMBRIA / II[star] / 74173 / NY5628915150 | ||
| courtesy of English Heritage | ||
| Market Hall, now library; c.1687, when market charter obtained by Philip, Lord Wharton. Later additions and alterations. Coursed rubble with quoins. Hipped, graduated slate roofs with stone ridges. 2 low storeys, 4 bays overall. 3-bay arcade to both south and east-sides: Semicircular arches carried on squat columns; lower sections now blocked and arch-heads glazed (all diamond-leaded, the majority with panes set at differing angles). 3 small semicircular-headed recesses above on south side. 2 similar recesses, with blocked circular opening between, on east side. Studded plank door on east side of lower lean-to adjoining north end. Central gabled projection on east side of roof has rectangular recess at front and louvres to sides. Diagonally-set stack, with domical cap, to roof ridge. | ||
| placename:- | Market Hall | |
| district:- | Eden | |
| listed building | ||
| coordinates:- |
NY56281515 | |
| date:- | 2010 | |
| period:- | 2010s | |
| hearsay |
Built 1687 when a market charter was granted.
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| Old Cumbria Gazetteer - JandMN: 2008 | ||
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