Site of Market Hall - Market Square, Wellington, Telford, Shropshire
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N 52° 42.060 W 002° 31.110
30U E 532536 N 5839118
This Historical Marker is located on Market Square, in Wellington, Telford.
Waymark Code: WMNABX
Location: West Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 01/31/2015
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A major addition to Wellington’s public buildings was the Market House, which seems to have been built and paid for by Lord Forester some time before 1680. Whether it was on the site of an earlier building in Market Square isn’t known, but the Market House was a half-timbered building supported by columns. The upper building was used to conduct market and court business and was let out to societies and as an amenity for social activities, while poultry and dairy products were sold by women on market days in the sheltered space on the ground between the columns. Sadly, the House was dismantled by the Foresters c.1805 as it was apparently causing congestion and inconvenience to the free movement of pedestrians and (horse drawn) vehicles.
Type of Historic Marker: Town Marker
Historical Marker Issuing Authority: Rotary Club of Wellington
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