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Latitude: 51.2194 / 51°13'9"N
Longitude: -1.5521 / 1°33'7"W
OS Eastings: 431378
OS Northings: 146789
OS Grid: SU313467
Mapcode National: GBR 614.JDL
Mapcode Global: VHC2R.1MT1
Plus Code: 9C3W6C9X+Q5
Entry Name: Fair Booth Approximately 500 Yards South East of Junction with Andover Road
Listing Date: 20 April 1993
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1253852
English Heritage Legacy ID: 437158
ID on this website: 101253852
Location: Weyhill, Test Valley, Hampshire, SP11
County: Hampshire
District: Test Valley
Civil Parish: Penton Grafton
Built-Up Area: Weyhill
Traditional County: Hampshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Hampshire
Church of England Parish: Weyhill St Michael and All Angels
Church of England Diocese: Winchester
Tagged with: Architectural structure
SU 34 NW PENTON GRAFTON WEYHILL ROAD
Weyhill
4/10001 Fair booth approx. 500 yds
south east of junction with
Andover+Road
GV II
Former fair booth. Early C19. Flint with brick dressings.
Corrugated asbestos roof. Rectangular plan. Single storey. Boarded
up entrance flanked by windows with horizontally set shutters, the
lower leaves dropping down to form a counter, the upper forming a
canopy. This booth is one of the surviving remnants of Weyhill Fair,
one of the most important historic fairs in the country which is
documented in 1225 and continued until 1959. William Cobbett visited
the fair several times and made reference to it and the hop growers in
Rural Rides. Thomas Hardy immortralised Weyhill Fair in The Mayor of
Casterbridge. renaming it Weydon Priors. The booth is also an
important survival of permanent fair booths which are a rare building
type.
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Listing NGR: SU3195047926
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