Gazetteer of Markets and Fairs in England and Wales To 1516. Originally published by List and Index Society, Kew, 2005.
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Essex
|
Place name |
Date of inception of market The date of the charter, grant or first recorded mention of the market |
Date of inception of fair The date of the charter, grant or first recorded mention of the fair |
1334 Lay Subsidy The valuation of the town in the Lay Subsidy of 1334 |
| Ashdon | 1315 | 1315 | 63.89 |
| Aveley | 1248 | 1286 | 93.87 |
| Barking | 1219 | 341.3 | |
| Berden | 1369 | 1214 | 37.81 |
| Billericay | 1253 | 1253 | |
| Birdbrook | 1253 | 1253 | 70.44 |
| Blackmore | 1232 | ||
| Boreham | 1281 | 1281 | 64.06 |
| Bowers Gifford | 1292 | 1292 | 31.23 |
| Bradfield | 1320 | 1320 | 33.23 |
| Bradwell | 1254 | 1254 | 34.16 |
| Bradwell On Sea | 1283 | 1283 | 61.11 |
| Braintree | 1275 | 1225 | 92.31 |
| Brentwood | 1221 | 1227 | |
| Burnham On Crouch | 1253 | 1253 | 48.92 |
| Castle Hedingham | 1254 | 66.12 | |
| Chelmsford | 1199 | 1201 | 69.09 |
| Chipping Hill | 912 | ||
| Chipping Ongar | 1287 | 1222 | 37.67 |
| Clavering | 1378 | 1378 | 79.95 |
| Coggeshall | 1256 | 1250 | 88.05 |
| Colchester | 1104 | 1104 | 261.38 |
| Corringham | 1317 | 1317 | 23.48 |
| Danbury | 1280 | 1280 | 44.09 |
| Dovercourt | 1222 | 46.69 | |
| Earls Colne | 1250 | 1250 | 64.08 |
| Elmstead | 1253 | 1253 | 49.55 |
| Epping | 1253 | 1253 | |
| Felsted | 1130 | 1292 | 80.33 |
| Fobbing | 1227 | 1227 | 63.78 |
| Goldhanger | 1348 | 1348 | |
| Good Easter | 1309 | 1309 | 26.73 |
| Grays Thurrock | 1221 | 1239 | 67.5 |
| Great Baddow | 1306 | 1306 | 61.02 |
| Great Bardfield | 1224 | 70.69 | |
| Great Chesterford | 1254 | 43.59 | |
| Great Dunmow | 1219 | 1227 | 106.36 |
| Great Easton | 1252 | 48.55 | |
| Great Oakley | 1253 | 1253 | 49.41 |
| Great Wakering | 1200 | 1200 | 121.41 |
| Hadleigh | 1228 | 1184 | 36.06 |
| Hadstock | 1129 | 1129 | 30.56 |
| Halstead | 1250 | 1250 | 141.31 |
| Harlow | 1220 | 1220 | 88.88 |
| Harwich | 1253 | 1253 | 72.5 |
| Hatfield Broad Oak | 1198 | 1328 | 159.3 |
| Havering Atte Bower | 1465 | 159.67 | |
| Heybridge | 1354 | 1354 | 32.81 |
| High Ongar | 1220 | 40.19 | |
| High Roding | 1231 | 1255 | 33.12 |
| Horndon On The Hill | 1056 | 1277 | 70.8 |
| Ingatestone | 1289 | 1289 | 46.34 |
| Kelvedon | 1312 | 1312 | 50.13 |
| Latton | 1332 | 31.88 | |
| Maldon | 916 | 140.2 | |
| Manningtree | 1238 | 1241 | |
| Newport | 1141 | 1203 | 67.77 |
| Orsett | 1355 | 1355 | 75.77 |
| Pleshey | 1274 | 13.23 | |
| Prittlewell | 1238 | 1257 | 158.86 |
| Rainham | 1270 | 1270 | 137.25 |
| Ramsden Bellhouse | 1221 | 41.05 | |
| Rayleigh | 1181 | 73.31 | |
| Ridgewell | 1318 | 1245 | 49.78 |
| Rochford | 1257 | 1257 | 56.37 |
| Romford | 1247 | 1250 | |
| Roydon | 1257 | 1257 | 45.5 |
| Saffron Walden | 1141 | 1141 | 71.02 |
| Salcott | 1221 | ||
| Shopland | 1257 | 49.95 | |
| South Ockendon | 1254 | 1254 | 71.98 |
| Southminster | 1218 | 91.13 | |
| St. Osyth | 1190 | 100.02 | |
| Stebbing | 1338 | 1338 | 111.44 |
| Steventon End | 1272 | 1272 | |
| Stock | 1239 | ||
| Stratford Langthorne | 1225 | ||
| Takeley | 1253 | 1253 | 66.55 |
| Terling | 1331 | 1331 | 52.78 |
| Thaxted | 1296 | 1315 | 125.99 |
| Theydon Garnon | 1305 | 1305 | 41.45 |
| Theydon Mount | 1225 | 1225 | 25.44 |
| Waltham Holy Cross | 1189 | 1115 | 262.3 |
| Wendens Ambo | 1262 | 1262 | |
| West Ham | 1253 | 1253 | 165.86 |
| West Thurrock | 1207 | 93 | |
| West Tilbury | 1257 | 33.36 | |
| White Roding | 1269 | 1269 | 24.31 |
| Witham | 1212 | 1212 | 118.22 |
| Wix | 1204 | 36 | |
| Woodham Ferrers | 1234 | 1234 | 65.5 |
| Writtle | 1199 | 1201 | 266.63 |