Shropshire

Gazetteer of Markets and Fairs in England and Wales To 1516. Originally published by List and Index Society, Kew, 2005.

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'Shropshire', in Gazetteer of Markets and Fairs in England and Wales To 1516, ed. Samantha Letters( Kew, 2005), British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/list-index-soc/markets-fairs-gazetteer-to-1516/shropshire [accessed 13 December 2024].

'Shropshire', in Gazetteer of Markets and Fairs in England and Wales To 1516. Edited by Samantha Letters( Kew, 2005), British History Online, accessed December 13, 2024, https://www.british-history.ac.uk/list-index-soc/markets-fairs-gazetteer-to-1516/shropshire.

"Shropshire". Gazetteer of Markets and Fairs in England and Wales To 1516. Ed. Samantha Letters(Kew, 2005), , British History Online. Web. 13 December 2024. https://www.british-history.ac.uk/list-index-soc/markets-fairs-gazetteer-to-1516/shropshire.

Shropshire

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
Acton Burnell 1269 1269 33.44
Adderley 1315 1315 42.06
Alberbury 1284 1284 19.08
Albrighton 1232 1232 45
Aston Botterel 1263 1263
Atcham 1269 45.42
Baschurch 1227 1256 85.78
Betton 1256 1256
Bishops Castle 1285 1394 34.19
Bridgnorth 1101 1226 244.12
Burford 1266 1266 33.5
Caus 1200 1248 50.77
Cheswardine 1304 1304 36
Chetwynd 1318 1318 106.75
Church Stretton 1214 1214 41.06
Cleobury Mortimer 1362 1226 45.06
Clun 1272 1204
Culmington 1257 1257
Eaton 1227 33.63
Ellesmere 1221
High Ercall 1267 1267 30
Hodnet 1272 103.25
Holdgate 1222 1291
Knockin 1249 1249
Leebotwood 1320
Ludlow 1292 1292 240
Lydbury North 1249 1249
Lydham 1267 1267
Madeley 1269 1269
Market Drayton 1245 1245 40.16
Much Wenlock 1203 1138 37.69
Newport 1135 1292 176.25
Oswestry 1200 1228
Overton 1230
Prees 1259 1259 35
Pulverbatch 1254 1254
Quatford 1086
Rushbury 1283 1283 25.13
Ruyton-xi-towns 1308 1311
Shelve 1261 1261 15
Shifnal 1245 1245 157.31
Shrewsbury 901 1094 800
Stanway 1271 1271
Stottesdon 1244 1244 43.72
Tong 1271 1271 69.87
Wattlesborough 1272 1272 28.28
Wellington 1244 1244 41.75
Wheathill 1300 1300
Whitchurch 1362 133.5
Whittington 1219 1219
Wistanstow 1306 1306
Worthen 1270 1270 46.56