Dorset

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

Citation:

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
Abbotsbury	1275		66.39
Ashley	1382
Beaminster	1284	1284	49.5
Bere Regis	1215	1267	123
Blandford Forum	1218	1307	21.5
Bridport	900		99.71
Cerne Abbas	1175	1459	76.06
Charminster	1275		18.5
Charmouth	1278	1278
Corfe	1215	1248	21.5
Dewlish	1264	1264	40.94
Dorchester	979		92.17
East Hemsworth	1304	1304
Evershot	1286	1286
Fordington	1355	1355	75.17
Frampton	1351	1351	48.56
Friar Waddon	1382
Hanford	1241	1241	12.25
Hilton	1272	1272	77.25
Hinton Martell	1272	1272	38.63
Holditch	1408	1408
Holt		1368
Holwell		1233	42.5
Iwerne Courtney	1261	1261	42.94
Kingston Russell	1284	1284
Langton Matravers		1278	27.25
Litton Cheney	1304	1304	40.8
Lyme Regis	1220		85
Maiden Newton	1221	1242	98.56
Melcombe Regis	1268	1314	95
Milton Abbas	1252	1252	107.25
Okeford Fitzpaine	1282	1282	61.22
Poole	1248	1453	40.38
Powerstock	1333	1333	21
Puddletown	1301	1301	65.13
Ryme Intrinseca	1298	1298	15.75
Shaftesbury	900		200
Shapwick	1267	1267	105.25
Sherborne	1148	1240
Shillingstone	1327	1327	43.94
Shotover	1286	1286
Stalbridge	1290	1290	37.5
Sturminster Marshall		1218	65
Sturminster Newton	1300	1332	12.23
Swyre		1272	17.95
Tarrant Gunville	1233	1233	58.25
Thorncombe	1313	1313	22.5
Wareham	900	1200	63.5
West Hemsworth		1303
Weymouth	1248	1248	65
Whitchurch	1265	1311
Wimborne Minster	1086	1224	67.25
Winterborne St Martin	1267	1267	65.5
Witchampton	1347	1347	29
Wool	1280	1280	105
Yetminster	1300	1300	62.5