"of ""The Springheel Saga, Series Two: The Legend of Springheel'd Jack"". Bartholomew Fair The Bartholomew Fair was one of London's pre-eminent summer Charter fairs. A charter for the fair was granted to Rahere by Henry I to fund the Priory of St Bartholomew; and from 1133 to 1855 it took place each year on 24 August within the precincts of the Priory at West Smithfield, outside Aldersgate of the City of London. The fair continued, after the Dissolution within the Liberty of the parish of St Bartholomew-the-Great. The site of Bartholomew Fair was the south-east side of Smithfield roundabout and"
"Stow Fair, Lincolnshire Stow Fair was an English medieval fair inaugurated in 1233. The Prior of Sempringham was granted permission in 1268 to hold this annual fair, from 23–25 June, confirming an earlier charter. The fair continued until living memory, being run as a horse fair until 1954. It seems likely that earlier fairs were held on the same days, one of which is the feast day of St Ætheldreda, long associated with the site. Historian Graham Platts' view is that there should be scepticism over a belief that the fair developed from earlier summer solstice rites. The District Council"
"Smithfield Show The Smithfield Show, formerly the Smithfield Club Cattle Show and later the Royal Smithfield Show, was an annual British agricultural show, organised by the Royal Smithfield Club. It was founded in 1799 and was first held at Wootton's Livery Stables in Dolphin Yard, Smithfield, London. From 1862 until 1938 it was held at the Agricultural Hall in Islington, London. From 1949 it was held at the Earl's Court Exhibition Centre in Earl's Court, London. The last show was held there in 2004; it was the last major livestock show in London. The Smithfield Club Cattle Show was first"
"Topsfield Fair Located in Topsfield, Massachusetts the Topsfield fair is known as America's Oldest County Fair. Started in 1820 by the Essex County Agricultural Society, the Topsfield Fair was originally a one-day cattle show. The goal of the society was to showcase agriculture in order to educate the public as well as provide somewhere for farmers to exchange ideas and methods. Today the fair draws between 450000 and 500000 people people over its 10-day event period and now is home to a large midway, an arena with ongoing events throughout the year, as well as many agricultural exhibitions. What is"
"Stourbridge fair Stourbridge fair was an annual fair held on Stourbridge Common in Cambridge, England. At its peak it was the largest fair in Europe and was the inspiration for Bunyan's ""Vanity Fair"". The fair was one of four important medieval fairs held in Cambridge: Garlic Fair, Reach Fair, Midsummer Fair and Stourbridge Fair. In 1199, King John granted the Leper Chapel at ""Steresbrigge"" in Cambridge dispensation to hold a three-day fair to raise money to support the lepers. The first such fair was held in 1211 around the Feast of the Holy Cross (14 September) on the open land"
"a new lot open 1 mile north of the fair. Now shuttle busses are used to shuttle visitors from that lot to the fair grounds. Topsfield Fair Located in Topsfield, Massachusetts the Topsfield fair is known as America's Oldest County Fair. Started in 1820 by the Essex County Agricultural Society, the Topsfield Fair was originally a one-day cattle show. The goal of the society was to showcase agriculture in order to educate the public as well as provide somewhere for farmers to exchange ideas and methods. Today the fair draws between 450000 and 500000 people people over its 10-day event"
"the site, called ""Ædeldreðestowe,"" was chosen because the saint's staff took root and sprouted leaves there. 'Stow' is well known to be a place name denoting a holy place, or a burial place. Stow Fair, Lincolnshire Stow Fair was an English medieval fair inaugurated in 1233. The Prior of Sempringham was granted permission in 1268 to hold this annual fair, from 23–25 June, confirming an earlier charter. The fair continued until living memory, being run as a horse fair until 1954. It seems likely that earlier fairs were held on the same days, one of which is the feast day"
"of Smithfield. The Smithfield area emerged largely unscathed by the Great Fire of London in 1666, which was abated near the Fortune of War Tavern, at the junction of Giltspur Street and Cock Lane, where the statue of the Golden Boy of Pye Corner is located. In the late 17th century several residents of Smithfield emigrated to North America, where they founded the town of Smithfield, Rhode Island. Since the late 1990s, Smithfield and neighbouring Farringdon have developed a reputation for being a cultural hub for up-and-coming professionals, who enjoy its bars, restaurants and night clubs. Nightclubs such as Fabric"
"Sloe Fair The Sloe Fair is a travelling funfair that is held annually on 20 October at Northgate carpark in Chichester, West Sussex. The fair was first held in 1107 or 1108 after King Henry I of the Kingdom of England granted Ralph de Luffa, Bishop of Chichester, the right to hold a fair for a period of eight days from a date of de Luffa's choosing. The fair was originally chosen to coincide with the Feast of Saint Faith the Virgin on 6 October, a Gallo-Romano saint with a strong following in the area, but in 1207 a license"
"the Smithsonian Folklife Festival since its inception in 1967: Smithsonian Folklife Festival The Smithsonian Folklife Festival, launched in 1967, is an international exhibition of living cultural heritage presented annually in the summer in Washington, D.C. in the United States. It is held on the National Mall for two weeks around the Fourth of July (the U.S. Independence Day) holiday. The Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage produces the Festival. The Festival is free to the public, encouraging cultural exchange. Attracting more than one million visitors yearly, the two-week-long celebration is the largest annual cultural event in the United States"
"company, based in Smithfield, raises 12 million hogs and processes 20 million pounds of them annually. Smithfield, first colonized in 1634, is located on the Pagan River, south of Jamestown and on the south side of the James River. The Native Americans knew this area as ""Warascoyak,"" also spelled ""Warrosquoyacke"", meaning ""point of land."" The Virginia colony officially formed Warrosquyoake Shire (with numerous variant spellings, including Warrascoyack, Warrascocke and ""Warwick Squeak"") in 1634, but it had already been known as ""Warascoyack County"" before this. It was renamed as Isle of Wight County in 1637. In 1730, the Tobacco Inspection Act"
"large open space close to the City, Smithfield was a popular place for public gatherings. In 1374 Edward III held a seven-day tournament at Smithfield, for the amusement of his beloved Alice Perrers. Possibly the most famous medieval tournament at Smithfield was that commanded in 1390 by Richard II. Jean Froissart, in his fourth book of Chronicles, reported that sixty knights would come to London to tilt for two days, ""accompanied by sixty noble ladies, richly ornamented and dressed"". The tournament was proclaimed by heralds throughout England, Scotland, Hainault, Germany, Flanders and France, so as to rival the jousts given"
"Smithsonian Folklife Festival The Smithsonian Folklife Festival, launched in 1967, is an international exhibition of living cultural heritage presented annually in the summer in Washington, D.C. in the United States. It is held on the National Mall for two weeks around the Fourth of July (the U.S. Independence Day) holiday. The Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage produces the Festival. The Festival is free to the public, encouraging cultural exchange. Attracting more than one million visitors yearly, the two-week-long celebration is the largest annual cultural event in the United States capital. Usually divided into programs featuring a nation, region,"
"dedicated to bike racing known as ""Smithfield Nocturne"". Number 1, West Smithfield is Head Office of the Churches Conservation Trust. Meat has been traded at Smithfield Market for more than 800 years, making it one of the oldest markets in London. A livestock market occupied the site as early as the 10th century. In 1174 the site was described by William Fitzstephen as: ""a smooth field where every Friday there is a celebrated rendezvous of fine horses to be traded, and in another quarter are placed vendibles of the peasant, swine with their deep flanks, and cows and oxen of"
"Fair in Smithfield, fairings of gingerbread were sold from 1126 to 1800, fairings would vary throughout the country — in the northern counties a traditional fairing would be decorated ""paste eggs"" at Easter. The Cornish version included the spiced ginger biscuit which became famous in Victorian times. The complete fairing from Cornwall would include the ginger biscuit, along with almond and caraway comfits (colloquially ""lambs' tails"" - actually sugar-coated almonds and caraway seeds), crystallised angelica and macaroons. During the 1800s, the biscuits became a treat that young men from the middle or lower classes would buy as a treat for"
"In 2007, the fair attracted over 2 million visitors. John I of Luxembourg, better known as John the Blind, King of Bohemia and Count of Luxembourg, founded the Schueberfouer on 20 October 1340. The founding document stated: It will begin on the eve of the feast of St Bartholomew and will last for a full eight days. Even today, it remains linked to St Bartholomew's day, 24 August, the traditional opening date. The name ""Schueberfouer"" is thought to originate probably from the name of the market place where it was first held: the ""Schuedbuerg"", today's ""Plateau du St Esprit"" (in"
"of its ancient traditions. After a recreation of the Court of Arraye at the Guildhall, a procession of marching bands, morris men and carnival floats makes its way through the city and the Bower Queen is crowned outside the Guildhall. There is a funfair in the city centre, and another fair and jamboree in Beacon Park. The Lichfield Festival, an international arts festival, has taken place every July for 30 years. The festival is a celebration of classical music, dance, drama, film, jazz, literature, poetry, visual arts and world music. Events take place at many venues around the city but"
"a royal charter of 1253, held a six-week trading festival attracting merchants from all over Europe. It ran from Assumption Day, 15 August, until Michaelmas Day, 29 September. The fair continued to be held for 500 years, from the 13th to the 18th century, and is commemorated in the song ""Scarborough Fair"": Scarborough and its castle changed hands seven times between Royalists and Parliamentarians during the English Civil War of the 1640s, enduring two lengthy and violent sieges. Following the civil war, much of the town lay in ruins. In 1626, Elizabeth Farrow discovered a stream of acidic water running"
"Royal Show The Royal Show was an annual agricultural show/fair held by the Royal Agricultural Society of England every year from 1839 to 2009. Early venues for the show included Oxford (1839); Liverpool (1840); Manchester (1841); Park Royal in London; Wolverhampton Race Course now West Park (1871); Chantry Park, Ipswich (1934); Wrottesley Park, Staffordshire (1937), and Victoria Park, Leamington Spa. From 1963 it was held in Stoneleigh Park (previously known as the National Agricultural Centre or NAC) near Stoneleigh in Warwickshire, England. The first show at Stoneleigh lasted four days and attracted 111,916 visitors. The event encompassed all aspects of"
"forest, pasture, grasslands and wetlands, according to a 2001 report by the U.S. Geological Survey. The Pagan, however, played an integral role in the growth of Smithfield, a town of approximately 7,000 people best known for producing Virginia hams. First settled in 1634, Smithfield became an important Hampton Roads trading port. Peanut warehouses lined the river banks until a 1921 fire prompted the industry to shift to Suffolk. Founded 15 years later, Smithfield Foods soon took its place as the town's economic engine. Following years of expansion, it is now the world's largest pork producer and processor. Its headquarters occupy"
"claiming the titles of ""Peanut Capital of the World"" and ""Ham Capital of the World."" George Purdie, a County Justice and Postmaster of Smithfield during his lifetime, in 1763 purchased Lots 4 and 5 of the original plat of the Town of Smithfield. Purdie's neighbor, Captain Mallory Todd, developed the business of curing and shipping the hams that has made Smithfield world-famous. The peanut industry continued until the fire of 1921, which destroyed the peanut warehouses. The peanut trade moved to the nearby railroad hub of Suffolk, Virginia. Military actions of both the Revolutionary and Civil War took place in"
"Sandwich Fair The Sandwich Fair is an annual event held on Columbus Day weekend in Sandwich, New Hampshire. The midway is open the three days of the fair and the Friday night prior to the fair's start. Two parades are part of the fair: an antique auto parade on Saturday and then the ""Grand Street Parade"" on Sunday, including marching bands from Inter-Lakes High School and Moultonborough Academy. The fair was first held on Sunday October 12, 1909 was a Grange fair. and This was a one-day fair always held on Columbus Day. The fair celebrated its centennial in 2010,"
"Widecombe Fair Widecombe Fair is a fair that takes place annually in the Dartmoor village of Widecombe-in-the-Moor, on the second Tuesday in September. It is well known as the subject of the folk song of the same name, featuring Uncle Tom Cobley and his friends. The earliest written record was in 1850, when it was described in the Plymouth Gazette as ‘a cattle fair’. It soon became an opportunity to show and sell other livestock - particularly locally-bred sheep and Dartmoor ponies, and by the 1920s it had also become a sports day for local schoolchildren. In 1933, stalls were"
"with 35,000 people attending. 5,000 attended in 1921, and some sporting events were cancelled because of rain that day. The fair was a three-day event for the first time in 1988 and is now held annually on Columbus Day Weekend. The fair is held on the fairgrounds near the Samuel Wentworth Library and the tennis courts and the field after the fire station. The Fair is managed by the Sandwich Fair Association, which owns the fairgrounds. The Gillette Shows company of Pittsfield, Massachusetts manages the midway attractions. Friday night has been the midway preview for several years. A bracelet can"
"on 15 July and the other on Martinmas (11 November). By 1591 the July fair had been replaced by one on St Lawrence's day (10 August). In 1780 a third annual fair was introduced on 11 October. The Martinmas fair was the most important, and came to be called the ""pudding-pie fair"" after a type of plum pudding in hard-crust pastry that was baked in great numbers for the occasion. By the early 19th century the fair had been moved from Martinmas to 22 November. By 1863 the November fair was the only one to have survived. It continued until"
"in Peabody when it bough a 50-acre plot. In 1910 the Fair moved to its current location in Topsfield, a 150-acre experimental farm that had been given to the society in 1856. Most of the agricultural and exhibition barns that are a part of the present day Topsfield Fair were erected in between 1921 and 1925. In its 200-year history the fair has only missed the years of 1943-1945 where it was halted due to World War II. Today the fair runs 10 days ending every year on the Monday of Columbus Day. Admission ranges from 10 to 15 dollars"
"the Saturday parade, numerous exhibits, the giant pumpkin contest, teen and adult dances, cotton candy, bands, horse races, barbecues, midway, socials, and the fair Royalty Show, which consist of the Little Sir, Little Miss, Junior Ambassador and Ambassador competitions. The Spencerville Agricultural Society organizes this event and is made up of numerous community volunteers. The hard work and dedication of these members, as well as the families and visitors who attend this event annually have allowed this fair to continue and prosper for 162 years. In 1854, the Leeds and Grenville County council passed a resolution granting the founding of"
"Strawberry Fair Strawberry Fair is a local festival of music, entertainments, arts and crafts which has been held in Cambridge, England, since 1974. The fair is held on Midsummer Common on the first Saturday in June. It is open to the public and free. It has been held since 1974 except 2010, when it was cancelled due to drunkenness and drug use. A year later, the fair continued with a perimeter fence erected around the festival and searches to check for alcohol, drugs and weapons. The 2011 parade was part of the UK Centre for Carnival Arts 'Carnival Crossroads' project"
"Marshfield Fair The Marshfield Fair is a traditional, American country fair that has taken place at the end of August every year since 1867. The fair is located on the Marshfield Fairgrounds in Marshfield, Massachusetts, approximately south of Boston in Massachusetts' South Shore region. The fair features amusement rides, a midway, typical fair food and extensive farm and agriculture exhibits. It is one of the few remaining fairs that still support 4-H shows and competitions. On three days, there are blues music festivals with local and national talent. Regular special events each year include the demolition derby and tractor pulls."
"Lindefeldia, 'open land with lime trees', in a Saxon charter of 765 AD, in which King Ealdwulf granted lands for the building of a Minster church. When the Domesday Book was compiled the lands were held by the Archbishop of Canterbury. King Edward III recognised the importance of medieval Lindfield and in 1343 granted the town a royal charter to hold a market every Thursday and two annual eight-day fairs. For centuries the fairs continued each April and August with the summer fair becoming one of the largest sheep sales in Sussex. Lindfield was once part of the thriving Wealden"
"celebrations, and were changed to rainbow colours for the opening night of the 2015 GAZE International LGBT Film Festival at Smithfield's Light House Cinema. Smithfield has held many horse fields since the '80s and the tradition still continues today. Horse fairs take place every first Sunday of each month. The smell of horses can still be experienced at Smithfield at the Horse Market. And the sight and sounds on these Sundays give an impression of what Smithfield was once like, with a number of surrounding alleys and lane ways bearing obscure names relating to the equine heritage of the site."
"The Lichfield Festival The Lichfield Festival is an annual multi-art-form festival held in Lichfield, Staffordshire, England, which aims to combine high quality, challenging and diverse events of an international calibre, alongside community-based, locally sourced activities. Performances include drama, dance, film, literature, visual arts, jazz, folk, classical and world music. Performances take place principally in the medieval Lichfield Cathedral and the 21st century Lichfield Garrick theatre, alongside non-traditional venues across the County. The Festival also incorporates free community events such as the Festival Market and the Festival Fireworks. The Lichfield Festival was founded in 1981 by the then Dean of Lichfield"
"for Smithfield Market, the centre of meat distribution in London. The show was for fatstock, meat breeds of domestic livestock. Later, agricultural machinery was also exhibited. Between 1876 and 1936 the Dairy Show, a similar show for dairy animals and equipment, was also held at the Agricultural Hall in Islington. The Royal Smithfield Show was discontinued after the 2004 show, after farm machinery manufacturers and suppliers declined to take part, due to the high costs. Smithfield Show The Smithfield Show, formerly the Smithfield Club Cattle Show and later the Royal Smithfield Show, was an annual British agricultural show, organised by"