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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… chalk and partly clay. The market is on Wednesday; and fairs are held on May 14th and Sept. 25th, for horses, … 1 r. 39 p.; and contains some very old freestone-quarries. Fairs are held on the first Thursdays in February, May, and …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… it is on Wednesday, and is very considerable for corn. Fairs are held on the Wednesdays in Easter and Whitsun weeks, … Edward I., is on Thursday, and on a very extensive scale; fairs, chiefly for live-stock and butter and cheese, are held … of Wells, a charter was obtained for a market and two fairs; the former is held on Thursday, principally for corn, …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… mills, 95 perhaps of the 18th century. Markets and fairs. Wellington provided a convenient outlet for the … were greatly stimulated by the town's markets and fairs, which were favoured (at least until the 1920s) by road … March, 23 presumably for store animals, 24 but the other fairs continued, being held in 1727 on 24 June and 10 …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… by its shape and site 70 but also by its use for cattle fairs in more recent times. 71 Wellington's earliest … (1979), 35; above, plate 15. Below, Econ. Hist. (Mkts. and Fairs). Mentioned 1661: S.R.O. 1224, box 250, deed. Located …