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Butcher Inn. A large square block of stone, with the square 
sinking into which the shaft was inserted, still remains in a 
prominent position at the place named. 
COLNE MARKET CROSS. 
This cross formerly stood in the main street of Colne, 
between Windy Bank and Colne Lane, from which position it 
was removed on the 25th of November, 1822, being considered 
an obstruction. It was composed of the usual steps upon which: 
were a base and long octagonal pillar or shaft, perhaps 3 yards 
high, surmounted by a corona or crown. This corona was also 
octagonal with an embattled top, ornamented with flowers, and 
four initial letters carved in the stone. Two of the letters were 
T and R., the third was illegible, and the fourth broken. 
Portions of the remains may still be seen about the church. A 
curious instance of the use to which a cross may be putas a 
place of meeting, will be found in the following notice issued by 
the incumbent of Colne, on the first visit of John Wesley to that 
town in 1748 :—“ Notice is hereby given that if any man be 
mindful to enlist in his Majesty’s service under the command of 
the Rey. Mr. George White, Commander in Chief, and John 
Bannister, Lieutenant General of his Majesty’s forces for the 
defence of the Church of England, and the support of the manu- 
factory of Colne, both of which are now in danger, let him re- 
pair to the drumhead at the cross, where each man shall have a 
pint of ale in advance, and all other proper encouragement.” 
In former times it was one of the duties of the Wardens of Colne 
Church to exercise a supervision of the butter sold at the Market 
cross, and if any unfair dealing was discovered, the goods of the 
delinquent which were found to be under weight were distributed 
amongst the poor. It was also not unusual for a prisoner to be 
whipped at the cross at the termination of his imprisonment at_ 
Preston. I am indebted for the foregoing remarks upon the 
Colne cross to Mr. James Carr’s ‘‘ Annals of Colne.” 
WAYSIDE CROSSES. 
We have next to consider the Wayside cross, of which there 
were numerous specimens at one time to be seen, but few of- 
which have escaped the Vandalism which has been so rife within 
the last century. In one of the earliest English printed books, 
from the press of the father of English ‘Typography, Wynken de 
Worde, being a work entitled, “ Dives et: Pauper,” printed at~ 
Westminster in 1496, the purpose of the roadside cross of the 
period is defined thus :—<‘ For this reason ben ye crosses by ye 
way, that when folk passynge see the crosses, they sholde thynke 
on Hym that deyed on the crosse, and worshyppe Hym above 
all things.” Mr. Abram in a valuable paper written some ten 
years ago on the subject of the. crosses of the Blackburu Hun- 
