Lancashire

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

Citation:

'Lancashire', in Gazetteer of Markets and Fairs in England and Wales To 1516, ed. Samantha Letters( Kew, 2005), British History Online https://prod.british-history.ac.uk/list-index-soc/markets-fairs-gazetteer-to-1516/lancashire [accessed 23 November 2024].

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
Arkholme	1279	1279	9
Ashton Under Lyne	1413	1413	45
Bolton	1251	1251	18.75
Burnley	1294	1294	19.5
Castleton	1311	1311	13.5
Charnock Richard	1284	1284	17.25
Chorley	1257	1498	21.75
Clitheroe	1258	1203	35.25
Croston	1195	1283	15
Dalton In Furness	1239	1239	45
Euxton	1301	1301	22.5
Flookburgh	1199	1412
Garstang	1310	1310	100
Hale	1304	1304	49.5
Hardhorn	1348	1348	23.5
Hornby	1285	1292	5
Kirkham	1287	1287	17.25
Lancaster	1193	1292	40
Lathom	1304	1304	52.5
Layton	1257	1257	23.75
Liverpool	1207	1298	30
Manchester	1282	1227	50.25
Netherton	1338	1338
Newton Le Willows	1257	1257	28.5
North Meols	1219	1219	20
Ormskirk	1286	1286
Penwortham	1086		8.25
Prescot	1333	1333
Preston	1179	1189	35
Roby	1304	1304
Rochdale	1251	1251
Rufford	1339	1339	19.25
Salford	1228	1228	19.5
Stainton	1292	1292
Tarbock	1257	1257	35
Tottington	1278		14.25
Ulverston	1200	1280	80
Walton Le Dale	1221	1221	40.5
Warrington	1277	1255	45
Warton	1200		15
West Derby	1346		42.5
Widnes	1356
Wigan	1245	1245	9