Information for record number MWA2121:
Shipston Market Hall

Summary The site of Shipston market hall which was built during the Post Medieval period. It was situated 100m north of the Post Office.
What Is It?  
Type: Market Hall
Period: Post-medieval (1540 AD - 1750 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Shipston on Stour
District: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 25 40
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

  
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1 In the centre of the north end of the High Street, stood a half-timbered, free-standing building, dated to the 16th century, called The Range. Directly to the east of this building stood the 23ft square Market Hall.
2 The Market Hall was still standing in 1862, long after the adjoining Butchers Shambles and The Range had disappeared and well into the age of photography, yet no photograph, sketch or description can be found. It may be assumed that like other buildings of this nature known in neighbouring counties, Shipston Market Hall was a two storeyed building, open at the bottom for the reception of market stalls.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Plan
Title: BA 5403_21
Author/originator: Plan of Shipston
Date:
Page Number: WORO
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Source No: 2
Source Type: Unpublished document
Title: Soliloquies of Old Shipston
Author/originator: Drinkwater P
Date: 1979
Page Number: 42
Volume/Sheet:
   
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period Medieval 1066 AD to 1539 AD (the 11th century AD to the 16th century AD)

The medieval period comes after the Saxon period and before the post medieval period.

The Medieval period begins in 1066 AD.
This was the year that the Normans, led by William the Conqueror (1066 – 1087), invaded England and defeated Harold Godwinson at the Battle of Hastings in East Sussex.
The Medieval period includes the first half of the Tudor period (1485 – 1603 AD), when the Tudor family reigned in England and eventually in Scotland too.

The end of the Medieval period is marked by Henry VIII’s (1509 – 1547) order for the Dissolution of the Monasteries in the years running up to 1539 AD. The whole of this period is sometimes called the Middle Ages.
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period Post Medieval About 1540 AD to 1750 AD (the 16th century AD to the 18th century AD)

The Post Medieval period comes after the medieval period and before the Imperial period.

This period covers the second half of the reign of the Tudors (1485 – 1603), the reign of the Stuarts (1603 – 1702) and the beginning of the reign of the Hannoverians (1714 – 1836).
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monument SHAMBLES * Traditionally a place where meat and fish were sold. back
monument SITE * Unclassifiable site with minimal information. Specify site type wherever possible. back
monument BUILDING * A structure with a roof to provide shelter from the weather for occupants or contents. Use specific type where known. back
monument POST OFFICE * A building, department or shop where postal business is carried on. back
monument WELL * A shaft or pit dug in the ground over a supply of spring-water. back
monument SQUARE * An open space or area, usually square in plan, in a town or city, enclosed by residential and/or commercial buildings, frequently containing a garden or laid out with trees. back
monument MARKET STALL * A structure, often movable, used as a platform for the display of a traders goods in a market. back
monument MARKET HALL * A purpose built covered market hall, usually 19th century, although earlier examples do exist, eg. that at Abingdon, Oxfordshire c.1680. back

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