Sunderland market cross

It has been claimed that a weekly market was held in High Street during medieval times, the centre once marked by a stone cross which is supposed to have been destroyed during the Civil War. Ordnance Survey records include the following: "A market cross with pedestal 3 feet high, situated at the end of Union Street and High Street was mentioned in 1726 and is shown on a plan circa 1790. During clearance to the area in 1809 the cross was believed to have been thrown on to a rubbish heap".