Essex

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
Ashdon	1315	1315	63.89
Aveley	1248	1286	93.87
Barking	1219		341.3
Berden	1369	1214	37.81
Billericay	1253	1253
Birdbrook	1253	1253	70.44
Blackmore		1232
Boreham	1281	1281	64.06
Bowers Gifford	1292	1292	31.23
Bradfield	1320	1320	33.23
Bradwell	1254	1254	34.16
Bradwell On Sea	1283	1283	61.11
Braintree	1275	1225	92.31
Brentwood	1221	1227
Burnham On Crouch	1253	1253	48.92
Castle Hedingham	1254		66.12
Chelmsford	1199	1201	69.09
Chipping Hill	912
Chipping Ongar	1287	1222	37.67
Clavering	1378	1378	79.95
Coggeshall	1256	1250	88.05
Colchester	1104	1104	261.38
Corringham	1317	1317	23.48
Danbury	1280	1280	44.09
Dovercourt	1222		46.69
Earls Colne	1250	1250	64.08
Elmstead	1253	1253	49.55
Epping	1253	1253
Felsted	1130	1292	80.33
Fobbing	1227	1227	63.78
Goldhanger	1348	1348
Good Easter	1309	1309	26.73
Grays Thurrock	1221	1239	67.5
Great Baddow	1306	1306	61.02
Great Bardfield	1224		70.69
Great Chesterford	1254		43.59
Great Dunmow	1219	1227	106.36
Great Easton		1252	48.55
Great Oakley	1253	1253	49.41
Great Wakering	1200	1200	121.41
Hadleigh	1228	1184	36.06
Hadstock	1129	1129	30.56
Halstead	1250	1250	141.31
Harlow	1220	1220	88.88
Harwich	1253	1253	72.5
Hatfield Broad Oak	1198	1328	159.3
Havering Atte Bower		1465	159.67
Heybridge	1354	1354	32.81
High Ongar		1220	40.19
High Roding	1231	1255	33.12
Horndon On The Hill	1056	1277	70.8
Ingatestone	1289	1289	46.34
Kelvedon	1312	1312	50.13
Latton		1332	31.88
Maldon	916		140.2
Manningtree	1238	1241
Newport	1141	1203	67.77
Orsett	1355	1355	75.77
Pleshey	1274		13.23
Prittlewell	1238	1257	158.86
Rainham	1270	1270	137.25
Ramsden Bellhouse	1221		41.05
Rayleigh	1181		73.31
Ridgewell	1318	1245	49.78
Rochford	1257	1257	56.37
Romford	1247	1250
Roydon	1257	1257	45.5
Saffron Walden	1141	1141	71.02
Salcott	1221
Shopland	1257		49.95
South Ockendon	1254	1254	71.98
Southminster	1218		91.13
St. Osyth	1190		100.02
Stebbing	1338	1338	111.44
Steventon End	1272	1272
Stock	1239
Stratford Langthorne	1225
Takeley	1253	1253	66.55
Terling	1331	1331	52.78
Thaxted	1296	1315	125.99
Theydon Garnon	1305	1305	41.45
Theydon Mount	1225	1225	25.44
Waltham Holy Cross	1189	1115	262.3
Wendens Ambo	1262	1262
West Ham	1253	1253	165.86
West Thurrock	1207		93
West Tilbury	1257		33.36
White Roding	1269	1269	24.31
Witham	1212	1212	118.22
Wix	1204		36
Woodham Ferrers	1234	1234	65.5
Writtle	1199	1201	266.63