2010
SU0061 : Market Place, Devizes (2)
taken 13 years ago, near to Devizes, Wiltshire, England
This is 1 of 9 images, with title starting with Market Place, Devizes in this square
Market Place, Devizes (2)
Looking east from Station Road. Most of the buildings here are listed.
In the centre is the Market Cross, designed by Benjamin Dean Wyatt (the listing incorrectly states James Wyatt) and L.J. Abington in 1814, and paid for by the local M.P. Henry Addington. The listing records that it "commemorates the awful story of Ruth Pierce, who wished she might drop dead if she had not paid her share of a sack of corn. Having said so 3 times, she dropped dead, and the money was found in her hand." Grade II* listed.
In the centre is the Market Cross, designed by Benjamin Dean Wyatt (the listing incorrectly states James Wyatt) and L.J. Abington in 1814, and paid for by the local M.P. Henry Addington. The listing records that it "commemorates the awful story of Ruth Pierce, who wished she might drop dead if she had not paid her share of a sack of corn. Having said so 3 times, she dropped dead, and the money was found in her hand." Grade II* listed.
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- Grid Square
- SU0061, 1071 images (more nearby 🔍)
- Photographer
- Stephen Richards (more nearby)
- Date Taken
- July 2010 (more nearby)
- Submitted
- Tuesday, 22 February, 2011
- Subject Location
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OSGB36:
SU 004 614 [100m precision]
WGS84: 51:21.1438N 1:59.7386W - Camera Location
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OSGB36: SU 003 614
- View Direction
- EAST (about 90 degrees)
