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A buttercross, also known as butter cross, is a type of market cross associated with English market towns and dating from medieval times. Its name originates from the fact that they were located at the market place, where people from neighbouring villages would gather to buy locally produced butter, milk and eggs. The fresh produce was laid out and displayed on the circular stepped bases of the cross. Their design varies from place to place, but they are often covered by some type of roof to offer shelter, although the roofs were mostly added at a much later date than the original cross they cover. Known buttercrosses English towns and villages known to have a buttercross include: {{Div col|colwidth=22em}}- Abbots Bromley, Staffordshire
- Alnwick, Northumberland
- Alveley, Shropshire
- Barnard Castle, County Durham
- Barrow, Rutland
- Biddulph, Staffordshire
- Bingham, Nottinghamshire
- Bingley, West Yorkshire
- Brigg, Lincolnshire
- Bungay, Suffolk
- Burwell, Lincolnshire
- Castle Combe, Wiltshire
- Chagford, Devon
- Cheddar, Somerset
- Chichester, West Sussex
- Chippenham, Wiltshire
- Corby Glen, Lincolnshire
- Cranwell, Lincolnshire
- Digby, Lincolnshire
- Dunster, Somerset
- Fishlake, Doncaster, South Yorkshire
- Grantham, Lincolnshire
- Gringley-on-the-Hill, Nottinghamshire
- Hallaton, Leicestershire
- Hooton Pagnell, South Yorkshire
- Kirkby Moorside, North Yorkshire
- Ludlow, Shropshire
- Mansfield, Nottinghamshire
- Market Drayton, Shropshire
- Marton, Lincolnshire
- Mountsorrel, Leicestershire
- Newport, Shropshire (Puleston Cross)
- Oakham, Rutland
- Otley, West Yorkshire
- Peterborough, Cambridgeshire
- Pontefract, West Yorkshire
- Preston, Lancashire
- Sarsden, Oxfordshire
- Salisbury, Wiltshire
- Scarborough, North Yorkshire
- Shepton Mallet, Somerset
- Somerton, Somerset
- Spilsby, Lincolnshire
- Swaffham, Norfolk
- Swinstead, Lincolnshire
- Tattershall, Lincolnshire
- Thatcham, Berkshire
- Tickhill, South Yorkshire
- Wainfleet All Saints, Lincolnshire
- Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire
- Winchester, Hampshire
- Witney, Oxfordshire
- Wymondham, Norfolk
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