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Kirkby Lonsdale’s old market cross now stands in the middle of Swinegate, formerly the site of the market dealing in pigs and coal. The mediæval cross comprises of a rounded shaft set in a square base on three octagonal steps. The octagonal capital was crowned in C19 with a ball finial sometime during the nineteenth century. The cross originally stood at the junction of Main Street, Market Street and Mill Brow; it was moved to Swinegate in 1822. The cross is a Grade II listed building (Historic England List Entry Number: 1145765 Link ).