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history
: a walk through the archaeology of Castle Bytham : market
cross
added
27/07/04
Walking back onto Castle Gate we pass the former Wheatsheaf public
house, now aprivate residence. Above the right hand window is a carved
stone panel depicting a wheatsheaf. The area to the front of the house
was the former site of the medieval village market cross, where business
transactions were made at the market would have been formally sealed.
Castle Bytham's market was first granted its licence in 1247 and would
have been critical to the economic life of the settlement.
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Lincolnshire's rich heritage for the benefit of local people and
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Acknowledgment ...
The text shown on this page has been reproduced from a booklet written
by Dan Ratcliffe, from the Heritage
Trust of Lincolnshire, to accompany a walk around the village
of Castle Bytham which he led as part of the Midsummer
Fair in June 2004.
We are grateful for their permission to reproduce the document on
this website.
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