Editing Cheddar, Somerset (section)

== Landmarks ==
[[File:Cheddar Cross.jpg|thumb|[[Photochrom]] of Cheddar Market Cross in the 1890s]]
The [[Market Cross, Cheddar|market cross]] in Bath Street dates from the 15th century, with the shelter having been rebuilt in 1834. It has a central octagonal pier, a socket raised on four steps, a hexagonal shelter with six arched four-centred openings, shallow two-stage buttresses at each angle, and an embattled parapet. The shaft is crowned by an [[abacus]] with figures in niches, probably from the late 19th century, although the cross is now missing. It was rebuilt by [[Thomas Thynne, 1st Marquess of Bath|Thomas, Marquess of Bath]]. It is a [[scheduled monument]] (Somerset County No&nbsp;21) and Grade&nbsp;II* [[listed building]].<ref>{{NHLE| desc=Market Cross | num=1173642 | access-date=9 May 2006}}</ref>

In January 2000, the cross was seriously damaged in a traffic accident.<ref>{{Cite news| title= Market cross was reduced to rubble in costly smash | first= Ian | last= Mat | newspaper= Cheddar Valley Gazette | date= 28 January 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Pcikering |first1=Andrew |last2=Foster |first2=Nicola |title=Cheddar Through Time Revised Edition |date=2015 |publisher=Amberley Publishing |isbn=9781445650722 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RwEnCgAAQBAJ&pg=PT113 |page=113}}</ref> By 2002, the cross had been rebuilt and the area around it was redesigned to protect and enhance its appearance.<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www1.somerset.gov.uk/archives/hes/downloads/AnnualReport02.pdf | publisher= Somerset Heritage | title= Annual Report 2002 | page= 13 | access-date= 30 March 2010 | url-status= dead | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120324051214/http://www1.somerset.gov.uk/archives/hes/downloads/AnnualReport02.pdf | archive-date= 24 March 2012}}</ref>
The cross was badly damaged again in March 2012, when a taxi crashed into it late at night demolishing two sides.<ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-17572356 | publisher= [[BBC News]] | title= Cheddar's medieval cross damaged in taxi crash | date = 31 March 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url= http://www.itv.com/news/west/story/2012-03-31/taxi-crashes-into-cheddars-market-cross/ | newspaper= [[ITV News]] | title= Taxi Crashes into Cheddar's Market Cross | date = 31 March 2012}}</ref>
Repair work, which included the addition of wooden-clad steel posts to protect against future crashes, was completed in November 2012 at a cost of £60,000.<ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-20250354 | publisher= BBC News | date= 7 November 2012 | access-date= 8 November 2012 | title= Cheddar's medieval cross repaired after taxi crash}}</ref>

[[Hannah More]], a philanthropist and educator, founded a school in the village in the late 18th century for the children of miners. Her first school was located in a 17th-century house. Now named "Hannah More's Cottage",<ref>{{NHLE| num= 1344881 | desc= Hannah More's Cottage | access-date=31 March 2008}}</ref> the Grade II-listed building is used by the local community as a meeting place.<ref>{{cite web|title=Hannah Mores Cottage, Cheddar|url=http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-268787-hannah-mores-cottage-cheddar|work=British Listed Buildings|publisher=History in Structure|access-date=5 March 2011}}</ref>