# Fairs, past and present

Author: Walford, Cornelius, 1827-1885

Genre: Category: History - Other

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/73583

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Fairs%2C+past+and+present+Walford&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

The origin of Fairs, like that of many other ancient institutions, is involved in much obscurity. The almost universal belief is that they were associated with religious observances; or, as Mr. Morley poetically puts it: “the first fairs were formed by the gathering of worshippers and pilgrims about sacred places, and especially within or about the walls of abbeys and cathedrals, on the Feast days of the Saints enshrined therein.” The sacred building and its surroundings being too small to provide accommodation, tents were pitched; and as the resources of the district would no more suffice to victual than to lodge its throngs of visitors, stalls were set up by provision dealers; and later...

## Chapters

- [CHAPTER XVII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/fairs-past-and-present-73583/chapters/20/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/fairs-past-and-present-73583/chapters/21/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/fairs-past-and-present-73583/chapters/19/index.md)
- [CHAPTER X.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/fairs-past-and-present-73583/chapters/13/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/fairs-past-and-present-73583/chapters/15/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/fairs-past-and-present-73583/chapters/12/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/fairs-past-and-present-73583/chapters/26/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/fairs-past-and-present-73583/chapters/22/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXIV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/fairs-past-and-present-73583/chapters/27/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/fairs-past-and-present-73583/chapters/6/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/fairs-past-and-present-73583/chapters/14/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/fairs-past-and-present-73583/chapters/23/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/fairs-past-and-present-73583/chapters/16/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/fairs-past-and-present-73583/chapters/2/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/fairs-past-and-present-73583/chapters/24/index.md)
- [ii. That all burgesses having any booths at the Fair of Sterebrigge, and](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/fairs-past-and-present-73583/chapters/11/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/fairs-past-and-present-73583/chapters/3/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/fairs-past-and-present-73583/chapters/25/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/fairs-past-and-present-73583/chapters/4/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/fairs-past-and-present-73583/chapters/5/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/fairs-past-and-present-73583/chapters/7/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/fairs-past-and-present-73583/chapters/17/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/fairs-past-and-present-73583/chapters/9/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/fairs-past-and-present-73583/chapters/18/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/fairs-past-and-present-73583/chapters/10/index.md)
- [c. 69, section 10) powers to the governing body of any town, being the](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/fairs-past-and-present-73583/chapters/8/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I. Origin of Fairs 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/fairs-past-and-present-73583/chapters/1/index.md)