Monument record 0400000000 - MARKET HILL
Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
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Type and Period (1)
- MARKET PLACE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Description
1245 grant of weekly market & fair on festival of St John (B1).
Weekly market on Mondays held on place still called Market Hill (B2).
Possible principal part of town formerly around old market place which evidently extended from S side of Market Hill to N side of Oving Road (B3).
There is evidence of one medieval market in Whitchurch. It was granted by charter and was to be held on a Monday. The charter is dated 7th September 1245, and was granted by King Henry III to H[ugh] de Veer, earl of Oxford, and was to be held at the manor. In 1263, the perquisites of the borough and market came to half a mark. An inquisition on 28th April 1332 mentioned the Monday market at Whitchurch amongst the property of the recently deceased Robert de Veer, earl of Oxford. The same 1245 charter granted H[ugh] de Veer, earl of Oxford, a fair to be held on the vigil, feast and morrow of St John the Evangelist in May (8th), to be held at the manor. No later mention is made of the fair (B5).
Sources (5)
- <1>SBC19727 Bibliographic reference: James Joseph Sheahan. 1862. History and Topography of Buckinghamshire. p772.
- <2>SBC16765 Bibliographic reference: G W Wilson. 1909. Chronicles of Whitchurch. pp8-9.
- <3>SBC20462 Bibliographic reference: William Page (ed). 1925. A History of Buckinghamshire (Victoria County History) Volume III. Volume 3. pp442, 444.
- <4>SBC12261 Bibliographic reference: PIKE A R,MAY 1977.
- <5>SBC23366 Unpublished document: 2002. Gazeteer of Markets and Fairs in England and Wales to 1516.
Location
| Grid reference | SP 80050 20950 (point) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | WHITCHURCH, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire |
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Record last edited
Oct 19 2024 12:22PM
