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A History of the County of Essex
… Windmills, v. 99. W. Owen, An Authentic Account of all the Fairs in Eng. and Wales (1756), 33; Rep. R. Com. on Market …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Crag; the total length being 11 miles. The market and fairs are held by grant from the Bishop of Durham; the former …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… granted by Henry VI.; they have been long disused, and fairs now take place for horses, cattle, and sheep, on May … is on Wednesday, for corn, cattle, and provisions; and fairs occur on April 5th and October 23rd. The …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Stafford Park industrial estate, Priorslee. 99 Market and fairs. About 1826, when William Charlton of Apley began to … hall was rebuilt, 6 probably by shareholders. 7 Four fairs a year evidently retained some commercial character c. 1850 but pleasure fairs eventually took their place. 8 From the 1850s, after …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… the wakes did not survive the Second World War. 59 Fairs, probably during the wakes, took place on the Green … other end of Oakengates in Owen's field. There were four fairs in 1850, and an annual funfair visited Oakengates until … Co. Primary Sch.) passim; below, Econ. Hist. (Mkt. and Fairs). James, op. cit. 33; W. M. Moisley, 'Mkts. of Salop.' …