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". Gazetteer of Markets and Fairs in England and Wales To 1516. Ed. Samantha Letters (Kew, 2005), British History Online. Web. 30 April 2025. https://www.british-history.ac.uk/list-index-soc/markets-fairs-gazetteer-to-1516/kent.
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 |