There are reports of a Market Cross in Folkingham market place, but no trace remains today
| Parish/District | Folkingham/South Kesteven |
| Location | Folkingham Market Place |
| Category | Market Cross (Lost cross) |
| National Grid Ref | TF 07261 33497 (estimated) |
| Designation | N/A |
| Stone type | N/A |
| Refs | Marrat, W., 1816, The History of Lincolnshire, p.201; Yerburgh & Creasey, 1825, Sketches Illustrative of the Topography and History of New and Old Sleaford; Davies, D S, 1913, Lincs Notes & Queries, Vol XII No.5, p. 140; |
| Visits | – |
Folkingham held a market charter from 1239 and the major feature of the town (now a village) was its long, thin market place lined with fine Georgian houses. It had a market cross but this seems to have been taken away in a town makeover around the 1790s.
William Marrat (p. 201), writing in 1816 comments: ‘In the market place is a sessions house, base of a cross and two wells.’ and Creasey/Yerburgh (1825) notes: ‘In the middle of the market-place was a large pond, on each side of which were usually laid enormous piles of timber. Nearly opposite the Green Man public house, stood the Market-cross, Butchery, and Town-hall, which seemed to have been erected at a period when elegance and conveniency received little or no attention. On the opposite side of the market-place stood the House of Correction.’
On an estate map of Folkingham c.1700 (from the village website) there is a cross symbol marked at the southern end of the market place – perhaps this was its location?
Davies writes: Nearly opposite to the “Green Man” public house stood formerly the market cross and Town Hall. These were destroyed at the time of the re-building of the houses round the square. [1790s]
