A view of The Market Cross
Historic · Castle Combe, Wiltshire

The Market Cross

A small open-sided shelter at the village centre, used for the medieval wool market; the original village stocks survive alongside.

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A small open-sided shelter at the village centre, used for the medieval wool market; the original village stocks survive alongside.

In Castle Combe

No street lamps, no TV aerials, no overhead wires — a tiny tucked-away village that has stood in for Cranford and Downton.

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