Monument record 4745/6 - Alderton Fair

{1} Unfortunately the paucity of documentation for Alderton in the medieval period means that it is impossible to be certain whether the market and fair were ever actually established, but it is perhaps significant that Pagan died in 1278, the year he received the grant, and so the initiative to found a market and fair may never have been carried forward. Not surprisingly Baker records that neither market nor fair had been observed within living memory and certainly no market or fair functioned in Alderton in the post medieval period.

There is no clear indication to suggest that either green was added to the settlement plan as late as 1278 and it seems likely that an existing green would have served as the market place and site of the fair, if either did function. The most likely location would be at the gate of the castle adjacent to the church.

<1> Taylor J.; Foard G.; Ballinger J., 2002, Northamptonshire Extensive Urban Survey: Overview, Appendix 2 (Report). SNN103118.

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