Sussex

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

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Sussex

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
Alfriston 1406 1406
Arundel 1086 1285 63.69
Battle 1087 1122 94.13
Bidlington 1399 52.81
Birling 1267 1267
Bodiam 1383 1383
Bosham 1218 38.27
Boxgrove 1235 20.06
Bramber 1086 1288 15
Brighton 1312 1312 102.5
Broadwater 1312 1279 60
Bucksteep 1337
Bulverhythe 1310 1310
Burpham 900 34.5
Burwash 1252 1252 35.05
Chichester 900 1107 220
Cissbury 1009
Cliffe Hill 1331 1331
Cocking 1285 1285 41.25
Crawley 1202 1272
Cuckfield 1255 1255 66.25
Dallington 1337
Ditchling 1312 1312
Durford 1431
East Angmering 1384 1384 42.5
East Grinstead 1235 1247 37.63
East Lavant 1314 58.17
Eastbourne 1315 1232
Egdean 1279 1279
Findon 1261 1261 60
Framfield 1314 169.59
Frant 1297 1297 34.58
Goring 1301 1257 60
Guestling 1254 70
Hailsham 1252 97.77
Harting 1271 1271 36.66
Hastings 900
Heathfield 1234 1316
Horsham 1235 1233 36.67
Hurstpierpont 1312
Lewes 900 40.5
Lindfield 1343 1343 156.87
Maresfield 1332 1301 82.5
Mayfield 1261 1261
Midhurst 1223 55
New Shoreham 1209 1202 120
Newbridge 1272
Otham Court 1279
Pagham 1204 1204 22.09
Parrock 1279 1279 51.03
Petworth 1279 1279 168.75
Pevensey 1066 1207
Portslade 1312 47.25
Preston 1226 1226
Ringmer 1283 1283 168.75
Robertsbridge 1225 1225
Rockland 1226 1226
Rogate 1268 46.53
Rotherfield 1318 1376 92.36
Rudgwick 1260
Rye 1086 1200
Salehurst 1253 41.25
Seaford 1089 1301 112.5
Selsey 1133 120
Slindon 1314 1314 61.52
Steyning 985 1279 49.5
Storrington 1400 1400 93.75
Tangmere 1314 1314 31.88
Uckfield 1220 1378
Wadhurst 1253 1253
Wartling 1337 1337 72.86
Watersfield 1316 1316
Wepham 1303 1303 36
West Grinstead 1280 1280 70
West Tarring 1348 1314
Westmeston 1312
Willingdon 1301 1301 92.36
Winchelsea (new) 1283 1283
Winchelsea (old) 1200 1209
Wisborough Green 1227 15
Withering 1428 5