Stockton Town Hall(built 1735, extended 1744) and the Market Cross(erected c1768), included in a print of the market place from the south. c1835A cart and people around the Market Cross next to the Town Hall on Stockton High Street. c1835 
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A Pictorial History of Stockton-on-Tees
Other than Wednesday Market butter, eggs and perishable foodstuff could be sold on “Farmers-Wife Days” only at the Market Cross, the main stipulation being goods most be carried in by hand basket only, to keep the market monopoly. The cart could be a load of hay for the dozens of stables around and in the High Street