Poultry Cross, Salisbury
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The Poultry Cross

Salisbury

A medieval stone market canopy in central Salisbury, one of the city's old market crosses.

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Butcher Row, Salisbury, SP1 1EP

Quick facts

Built around 1335, it is one of England's oldest surviving market crosses.

Six slender stone pillars support a vaulted hexagonal roof above open cobbles.

Medieval traders paid fines for selling diseased chickens directly beneath it.

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