Worcestershire

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

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'Worcestershire', in Gazetteer of Markets and Fairs in England and Wales To 1516. Edited by Samantha Letters (Kew, 2005), British History Online, accessed February 5, 2025, https://prod.british-history.ac.uk/list-index-soc/markets-fairs-gazetteer-to-1516/worcestershire.

"Worcestershire". Gazetteer of Markets and Fairs in England and Wales To 1516. Ed. Samantha Letters (Kew, 2005), British History Online. Web. 5 February 2025. https://prod.british-history.ac.uk/list-index-soc/markets-fairs-gazetteer-to-1516/worcestershire.

Worcestershire

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
Alvechurch 1224 1239 65.19
Bewdley 1375 1375
Broadway 1196 1251 64.5
Bromsgrove 1200 1317 101.25
Clent 1253 25.38
Clifton On Teme 1270 1270 22
Droitwich 1066 1215 106.67
Earl's Croome 1500
Elmley Castle 1254 1254 47
Evesham 1200 124.13
Feckenham 1237 1237 53
Halesowen 1220 1220 135
Hanley Castle 1219 64.5
Holt 1373 53.44
Kemerton 1218 88.5
Kidderminster 1225 1228 86.25
Lindridge 1236 83.25
Ombersley 1354 1354 118.06
Pershore 1059 1226 63.25
Rock 1328 1328
Severn Stoke 1310 1310 41.19
Stourbridge 1482 1482
Tenbury 1223 1249 107.44
Upton On Severn 1415 1415 78.69
Wick Episcopi 1182 95.56
Worcester 899 1218 300
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