Monument record 503/4 - Welford Market
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Full Description
{1} Brief synopsis of Market history:
1223 Wednesday changed to Friday market
1252 Friday market and fair Assumption of Blessed Virgin Mary
1300 market
1329-30 market on Friday
Still functioned in 1455
Transferred to West Haddon c.1715
A Wednesday market was granted to Nicholas de Yeland in 1222-3 and subsequently changed to a Friday. This was confirmed, together with a fair on the eve, feast and morrow of the Assumption to William de Wyvill in 1252. The market still functioned in 1330. The market may have survived the recession of the later 14th century because in 1455-6 a Friday market was still being held. In about 1720 Bridges records that Welford ‘of late years .... was (but a very inconsiderable) market town’ but the market had been transferred in about 1715 to West Haddon. In 1775 there was an unsuccessful attempt to re-establish the Welford market.
<1> Taylor J.; Foard G.; Ballinger J., 2002, Northamptonshire Extensive Urban Survey: Overview, Appendix 2 (checked) (Report). SNN103118.
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- <1> SNN103118 Report: Taylor J.; Foard G.; Ballinger J.. 2002. Northamptonshire Extensive Urban Survey: Overview. NCC. Appendix 2 (checked).
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred SP 640 803 (16m by 15m) Approximate |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | WELFORD, West Northamptonshire (formerly Daventry District) |
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
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- None recorded
Record last edited
Dec 17 2003 11:42AM
