NHER 32774 (Monument record) - Fair Green

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Summary

A fair has been held on this green for 800 years, and is commemorated on a stone pillar. The last fair was held in 1985.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TM17NW
Civil Parish DISS, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

Fair Green.
Site of Diss fair from 1185 to 1985 according to inscription on a stone pillar.
Now untended grassland with small play area.
E. Rose (NLA) 16 May 1997.

April 2010.
Local residents have put in a bid to buy the green.
See (S1) for further details.
H. White (NLA), 16 April 2010.

  • --- Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. Mystery over the future of historic town green. July.
  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • <S1> Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 2010. Residents make offer for 600-year-old Fair Green. 16 April.

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Record last edited

Jul 28 2010 10:10AM

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