melton mowbray itself had six recorded crosses, whose construction spanned several centuries: (i) kettleby cross, (close to the present filling station near the junction of dalby road to the leicester road); (ii) sheep cross, on what was spital end, (now nottingham street/park road junction); (iii) corn cross at the swine lane/spittle end junction, (reconstructed and reinstated on the nottingham st/high st junction in 1996 as a memorial to the royal army veterinary corps); (iv) butter cross or high cross, at the west end of beast market (again reconstructed from partial remains of the original saxon cross in 1986/1987 in the market place); (v) sage cross, at the east end of the beast market close to saltgate, (in sherrard street opposite sage cross street), and (vi) thorpe cross at the end of saltgate (near the junction of thorps road and saxby road). all the original crosses were removed or destroyed during the reformation and other iconoclastic periods, or simply to make room for traffic or other development.