shropshire holidays self catering, Ludlow Town Centre Market

Ludlow

shropshire holidays self catering Town Centre Market shropshire holidays self catering Shropshire holidays self catering, town centre market, Ludlow castle, inns and ale houses, corve street track, castle, market, Ludlow, fair, market halls, antique and flea markets, produce market, market towns, holiday cottages, Shropshire holidays self catering, You may find the text below interesting to read if you are planning to stay in our holiday cottages. From when the castle was built, the market trading area was formed at its gate, this in those times went all the way from the front of Ludlow Castle, to the Corve Street track where the Bull Ring is to-day. Stalls with all kinds of goods for sale were set up along this area, all surrounded by livestock to be sold. It was obvious to the land owner that money could be made by renting out measured plots of land to these traders, so areas were measured out, rents set, and commercialism was born. Trestle tables were set up by stallholders to trade their wares. On the plots nearer to the Corve Street track the traders were given the rights to dig cellars for their storage, and then build rooms above their open stalls, in which to live. Then followed some more of the same a bit nearer the castle end. In this manner, rows of gardenless shops were formed and the passage ways between them were given the names of Market Street, High Street, Harp Lane, Church Street and Pepper Lane. As there always has to be a tax when any trading has been done, a toll (an early form of purchase tax) had to be paid on every sale or exchange of goods and livestock. So, on the way out of this trading market area at the Corve Street track, a Tolsey House was built which was, in the beginning, open at the ground level in the same fashion as those early shops. The area where the Corve Street track once turned into the early trading market was given the name of The Bull Ring, due to the fact that livestock was bought and sold there in an early version of a cattle market. This would have been very handy with the Tolsey house so close, not much chance of avoiding the tax man there then . As market and fair days could be quite wild times a magistrate dispensed instant justice at the Tolsey House, so you could pay your fines and your tax at the same time. By the year 1200 the market trading areas with its rows of stall type shops was an established pattern. Charters were drawn up giving the legal rights to hold markets and fairs, including the May Fair a tradition still held dear to the hearts of the people of Ludlow to day. The present day Market Square that is used today by the market traders of our times, directly outside the castle, has always been kept clear of these rows of established shops. On this present day Market Square site, through Ludlow's history, market halls and town halls have been built, and pulled down again, but in our time there is a lovely open square on which stalls are put up and the traders set out there wares. Ludlow has a lively market running in the Town Centre Market four times a week, in addition to regular Antique and Flea markets, Garden Fairs, Book and Craft markets and a local produce market that runs fortnightly on Thursdays. Prosperous market towns such as Ludlow with traders and customers needing hospitality have always had a good supply of Inns and Alehouses, nearly a hundred once, but that's another story.