Butter Cross, Winchester

place and market cross

Aged unknown

Commemorated on 1 plaque

The earliest reference to the City Cross is in the early 14th century, when the tenant of this building was known as Walter at the Cross. Known locally as the Butter Cross, the structure was a focal point for civic ceremonies in the later Middle Ages, when it was flanked by taverns called Hevene and Helle. The upper parts of the cross were rebuilt in 1865 by the architect Gilbert Scott.

106a High Street, Winchester, United Kingdom where it sited