Malt Cross

[1] On 15 August 2018 it was announced that the Malt Cross would re-open in September as a result of a new partnership between the existing trustees and the Nottinghamshire YMCA.

[2] The building takes its name from a monument that used to be in the market square and was a gathering place for many people.

William Howie Wylie noted that "John Nelson, a Yorkshire stonemason and one of Wesley's earliest followers, preached once in the market place and once at the Malt Cross.

It had previously been an inn named the Roebuck but was bought by Mr Charles Weldon[5] who rebuilt and enlarged the premises.

[6] The man who designed the Malt Cross building as it is seen today was a Mr Edwin Hill.

The Malt Cross on St James Street