Butter Cross, Oakham

place and market cross

Aged unknown

Commemorated on 1 plaque

The Butter Cross. Also known as the Market Cross where dairy products were sold at Oakham Market. It is shown on Speed's map of 1611 and may have been a preaching cross also. Its peculiar 5 hole stocks are a notable feature. There were at least four other crosses in Oakham.

Market Place, Oakham, United Kingdom where it sited