. Elgin past and present : a historical guide / by Herbert B. Mackintosh. rliament abolished the practice of holding markets in form and structure this ancient cross took we do not know ; mayit not have been that stone in the Cathedral known as The ElginPillar ? From such records as we have, it is generally allowed thatthe present cross is an excellent replica of the one erected in thetime of King Charles I. and ruthlessly demolished about 1792. Thereis no actual date for the demolition of this cross except the followingnote in the Town Council Minutes of 18th June 1792 : The
. Elgin past and present : a historical guide / by Herbert B. Mackintosh. rliament abolished the practice of holding markets in form and structure this ancient cross took we do not know ; mayit not have been that stone in the Cathedral known as The ElginPillar ? From such records as we have, it is generally allowed thatthe present cross is an excellent replica of the one erected in thetime of King Charles I. and ruthlessly demolished about 1792. Thereis no actual date for the demolition of this cross except the followingnote in the Town Council Minutes of 18th June 1792 : The Councillappoint Patrick Duff to write the town agent how far the Councillmay take down the Touns Cross as the same is become was the answer received, or what the resolution of the Councilregarding it, is not recorded. But Ave may take it for granted thatthe date 1792 is not far wrong. The Lion Rampant which surmountedit was given to Mr George Duff of Miltonduff for safety, and for yearsit stood on the walls of the South College, being removed to Montcoffer. Yc Mucklu Cross ,,l Kli ELGIN PAST AND PRESENT 215 House, Aberdeenshire, when the Duffs sold their Elgin property. Onlearning of the proposed restoration in 1887 The Hon. George Skene Duffhandsomely returned the old Hon. The Muckle Cross as we now haveit, was the gilt of Mr William Maeandrew of Westwood House, LittleHorkesley, Essex, from a design prepared by Mr Sidney Mitchell, thearchitect of the Market Cross, Edinburgh. As Mr Maeandrew said atthe presentation, I think Mr Mitchell has produced a structure whichyou may call authentic, thoroughly reliable, not unhandsome and Ihope useful. Of course criticisms of works of art will abound ... wemight have made a modern structure only, much more handsome andornate. But I hold to this restoration. I think we have got almost afacsimile of what we had before. The Cross consists of a hexagonal basement about 12 feet high and12 feet in diameter, and is raised on four st
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