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Markets and fairs
The Market House stood opposite the Bull, whose sign crossed the roadand rested on it
Hoddesdon market has had a long history, and for its origin we must go back to the reign of Henry III. In 1253 a Richard de Boxe, then holding a manor which took its name from him, received in addition to the grant of free warren (i.e., the right to hunt freely wild animals) for this manor, the following grant of...