A Calendar of Fairs and Markets Held in the Nineteenth Century - DOWNLOAD

Compiled by Pat Loveridge from numerous directories and almanacs, and indexed by place, day and date this download is a pdf version of the booklet originally published by RTFHS in printed form in 2003. It is A5 format and 132 pages.

A short introduction is followed by an annual calendar showing type of fair - eg Livestock, Horses, Hiring, unspecified - and the places where the fair was held, for almost every day of the year - note that few were held on Sundays.

This is followed by a list of monthly markets - eg First Monday, Third Thursday.

The next section shows fairs held on specific days as opposed to dates - eg Second Tuesday in January, Thursday after Old Twelfth Night or Monday in the Race Week.

Then a section showing fairs and markets which were affected by the timing of Easter - for example there are a large number held on Easter Tuesday or on Ascension Day or Whit Monday.

There is also a list showing the dates of Easter in Census years from 1841 to1901 inclusive and examples of how to use this information.

There is an Index of Counties, an Index of Places, an Index of Types of Fairs and a Bibliography of sources.