The Buttercross, Witney blue plaque

Witney, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom

The Buttercross In 1606 Richard Ashcombe left £50 to build "a house over and above the cross." The clock was added in 1683 after a bequest from William Blake of Cogges. Tradition has it that a statue of the Virgin Mary stood on the central pillar.

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