"In a mile and a half from Sheepstor village we may reach the river Mew at Marchants Bridge, near to which is a cross of the same name. Tradition tells how the traveler used to stop and prey for his safe journey at this cross before setting out over the moor, wild enough in these days of cultivation, but how much more so when that slender symbol was erected, when road and hamlet were alike unknown, and the wolf, it may be, still lingered among the mires and mountains."
Cresswell 1921
Map - Marchants Cross
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