Monument record 2659/3 - Great Weldon Market

{1} In 1685 Hatton was granted a weekly market, on a Thursday, and four fairs, on the first Wednesday in February, May, August and November.
Although the market clearly functioned from the late C17th to the early C19th the documentary record did not yield significant evidence for the detailed study of the market and it did not appear likely that the buried archaeology would contribute substantially to he understanding of the commercial activity of the settlement in that period. However the village does have a large number of buildings surviving from the C17th and C18th and they may contribute significantly to the understanding of the settlement during the life of the market. They should be subject to evaluation and recording when threats arise to determine whether they can yield important information on the settlement, which is the latest of Northamptonshire’s market foundations and one of the few late foundations that clearly did function successfully, if perhaps on a very modest scale, for nearly two centuries. It is also possible that archaeological investigations of buried deposits for its medieval iron industry and its medieval and post medieval stone industry will also result in the collection of evidence relevant to the post medieval marketing and this might require a later re-evaluation of the potential of the settlement.

{2} In 1800, a Wednesday market was still held but by 1849 it had failed, as had all but one fair, and the market house had been pulled down.

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

<2> Foard, G.; Hall, D. & Partida, T., 2009, Rockingham Forest: An atlas of the medieval and early-modern landscape, p. 296 (Book). SNN106598.

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Feb 21 2018 10:52AM