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The Market Cross. Some call it The Nail. Said to have been moved to it's current site in 1782 but there is o entry in the Bedlington 'Timeline'.

Info on the Megalithic Portal :-

No entry in the 'Historical Timeline of Bedlington' on this site :-

Info from @johndawsonjune1955

Photo, c1906, from Evan Martin's book - The Archive Photographs Series - Bedlingtonshire. 

Newspaper article post by John Krzyzanowski - Bygone Bedlington Facebook group. I've copied the article so it's easier to read. 

Restoration work on the cross carried out in 1970.

Northumberland County Council article on the cross and the repair of 2010 costing £6,000. 

On 22/09/2020 at 13:53, Alan Edgar (Eggy1948) said:

The Market Cross. Some call it The Nail. Said to have been moved to it's current site in 1782 but there is o entry in the Bedlington 'Timeline'.

Info on the Megalithic Portal :-

No entry in the 'Historical Timeline of Bedlington' on this site :-

Info from @johndawsonjune1955

The Megalithic Portal doesn't make any sense to me. How can "Jim Swanns early 18th century diaries" possibly suggest that the cross was built in the late  18th century "1792". He must have written his diary BEFORE the cross was built!

16 hours ago, Canny lass said:

The Megalithic Portal doesn't make any sense to me. How can "Jim Swanns early 18th century diaries" possibly suggest that the cross was built in the late  18th century "1792". He must have written his diary BEFORE the cross was built!

I did notice that but as I am not a member of the Megalithic.co.uk Portal, and I didn't want to join, I couldn't point out the error in the text but thought it was worth a mention just to show that others, outside of Bedlington, know of the town.🙂