Gazetteer of Markets and Fairs in England and Wales To 1516. Originally published by List and Index Society, Kew, 2005.
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Kent
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 |
Aldington | 1285 | ||
Allhallows [hoo] | 1271 | 1271 | |
Allington | 1280 | 1280 | |
Aperfield | 1253 | 1253 | |
Appledore | 1358 | 1312 | |
Ash | 1302 | 1302 | |
Ashford | 1243 | 1243 | |
Ashurst | 1220 | ||
Aylesford | 1219 | 1219 | |
Bexley | 1315 | 1315 | |
Brasted | 1227 | 1293 | |
Brenchley | 1230 | 1230 | |
Bromley | 1205 | 1447 | |
Canterbury | 600 | 1103 | |
Challock | 1312 | ||
Charing | 1285 | 1443 | |
Charlton | 1269 | 1269 | |
Chatham | 1285 | ||
Chelsfield | 1290 | 1290 | |
Chilham | 1291 | 1291 | |
Cliffe | 1257 | ||
Cobham | 1367 | 1367 | |
Combwell | 1232 | 1227 | |
Cranbrook | 1290 | ||
Crayford | 1396 | 1396 | |
Darenth | 1199 | ||
Dartford | 1319 | ||
Denton | 1312 | ||
Dover | 939 | ||
Eastbridge | 1293 | ||
Eastchurch | 1312 | ||
Eastling | 1304 | 1304 | |
Eastry | 1447 | 1447 | |
Edenbridge | 1272 | ||
Elham | 1252 | 1252 | |
Elmsted | 1354 | 1354 | |
Eltham | 1284 | 1284 | |
Eynsford | 1293 | 1293 | |
Farnborough | 1290 | 1290 | |
Farningham | 1270 | 1270 | |
Faversham | 1086 | 1189 | |
Folkestone | 1204 | 1214 | |
Fordwich | 1086 | ||
Frindsbury | 1312 | ||
Gillingham | 1336 | 1336 | |
Godmersham | 1364 | 1312 | |
Goudhurst | 1380 | 1380 | |
Gravesend | 1366 | 1366 | |
Great Chart | 1447 | ||
Great Mongeham | 1251 | 1251 | |
Great Stonar | 1199 | ||
Groombridge | 1286 | 1286 | |
Harrietsham | 1312 | ||
Hawkhurst | 1312 | 1312 | |
Headcorn | 1251 | 1251 | |
Herne | 1351 | 1351 | |
Higham | 1216 | ||
Hollingbourne | 1447 | 1447 | |
Hoo St Werburgh | 1189 | ||
Hunton | 1257 | 1257 | |
Hythe | 1044 | 1261 | |
Ightham | 1315 | 1315 | |
Kemsing | 1219 | ||
Kingston | 1293 | ||
Lamberhurst | 1198 | 1314 | |
Lenham | 1252 | 1337 | |
Lessness | 1256 | 1256 | |
Lewisham | 1086 | ||
Lower Halstow | 1235 | ||
Lydd | 1158 | 1494 | |
Lympne | 939 | ||
Maidstone | 1261 | 1268 | |
Meopham | 1447 | 1447 | |
Mereworth | 1290 | ||
Milton Regis | 1319 | 1319 | |
Minster | 1293 | 1293 | |
Minster | 1343 | ||
Moatenden | 1254 | ||
Monkton | 1447 | 1447 | |
Mote | 1266 | 1266 | |
New Romney | 1086 | ||
Newenden | 1086 | ||
Newnham | 1303 | 1303 | |
Northfleet | 1304 | 1201 | |
Orlestone | 1267 | 1267 | |
Orpington | 1206 | ||
Ospringe | 1227 | 1227 | |
Parrock | 1253 | 1253 | |
Plumstead | 1270 | 1270 | |
Preston By Wingham | 1307 | 1307 | |
Queenborough | 1368 | 1368 | |
Reculver | 1220 | ||
Ringswould | 1315 | 1315 | |
Rochester | 821 | 1107 | |
Ruckinge | 1312 | ||
Salmestone Grange | 1225 | ||
Sandling | 1253 | 1253 | |
Sandwich | 1042 | 1290 | |
Sarre | 1219 | ||
Seal | 1233 | 1233 | |
Seasalter | 1086 | ||
Sevenoaks | 1281 | 1491 | |
Shipbourne | 1285 | 1285 | |
Shorne | 1271 | 1271 | |
Singlewell | 1331 | 1331 | |
Smarden | 1332 | 1332 | |
Smeeth | 1337 | ||
Southfleet | 1293 | ||
St Mary Cray | 1279 | 1281 | |
St Nicholas At Wade | 1336 | 1336 | |
Stanstead | 1315 | ||
Stockbury | 1312 | ||
Stoke | 1312 | ||
Stowting | 1214 | 1214 | |
Streat | 1257 | 1257 | |
Strood | 1205 | ||
Sutton Valence | 1312 | 1222 | |
Swainstree | 1225 | ||
Tenterden | 1449 | ||
Teynham | 1259 | 1259 | |
Tonbridge | 1241 | 1318 | |
Tong | 1315 | ||
Ulcombe | 1272 | 1272 | |
Warehorne | 1267 | 1267 | |
Wateringbury | 1311 | 1311 | |
West Kingsdown | 1315 | ||
West Malling | 1103 | 1312 | |
Westerham | 1227 | 1351 | |
Westwell | 1312 | ||
Whitfield | 1228 | ||
Wickham West | 1318 | 1318 | |
Wingham | 1252 | ||
Woolwich | 1398 | ||
Wouldham | 1312 | ||
Wrotham | 1314 | 1314 | |
Wye | 1312 | 1252 | |
Yalding | 1318 | 1318 |