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Sturbridge fair is of great antiquity. The first trace of it is found in a charter granted about 1211 by King John to the Lepers of the Hospital of St. Mary Magdalen at Sturbridge by Cambridge, a fair to be held in the close of the hospital on the vigil and feast of the Holy Cross (see Cornelius Walford’s “Fairs Past and Present,” 1883, p. 54).
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Mark Ynys-Mon Link to this
See wonderful entry in Defoe on the Fair "which is not only the greatest in the whole nation, but in the world
Pedro. Link to this
Sturbridge (Stourbridge) Fair.
See also background on Cambridge
Patrick Carmichael Link to this
Stourbridge Common isn't far from the centre of Cambridge (OS Ref TL470600) - it's now quite built up around there, with an industrial estate encroaching ...
'Casterton' in Pepys is now Chesterton; the 'Leper Chapel' is still there and is still used for services occasionally.