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The Buttermarket site, which includes the Christchurch Gate has been through several transformations over the past 500 years. Up until the mid-17th century, it was known as the Bull Stake, as bulls were tied overnight against a stake to be 'baited' by dogs, with the expectation that this would produce more tender meat. The slaughter area of the city, known as the shambles, was nearby in Butchery Lane.
Christchurch Gate is the principal entrance to Canterbury cathedral, from whose dedication to Christ it takes its name, and forms the dramatic highlight of the Buttermarket over which it stands. Cathedral records,indicate the gate was built between 1504 and 1521
From Historic England Website :-
"This building dates from 1602. It was altered in 1709 and restored in the 20th century. It originally had the Town Hall on the upper floor with St John's Hospital (almshouse) beneath. After 1709 the almsmen were housed in St John's Hospital almshouses to the rear. The building then became the Buttermarket and also Lady Manners Grammar School. It has since been used as a shop."
Situated at the rear of the Town Hall, the Buttermarket was designed as a covered market hall and opened on October 13th 1884. The red brick front carries a stone carving of the borough arms with the words "Our chartered rights" underneath. The two main entrances are from Middlegate, on which I am standing and from the Market Place, at the other end of the market.
Over the past few years it had been in decline but recently lots of money spent to make it more appealing with new businesses opening. It is a listed building, that is it is Heritage Protected.
The Market Cross, from a cafe window. A grade 1 listed building built in 1747. Also known as the Butter Market, the building has had a number of uses including as a fire station, courtroom and gaol.
Lines, angles, curves and that strange realisation that it looks like an eye from this angle. Spot on...
Situated in the Heart of Canterbury is the town's historical Butter Market. Situated directly opposite the Cathedral entrance the pedestrianised court yard has served as focal point for the town for more than 800 years.
The name "Butter Market" was adopted 200 years ago to replace the previous, and less desirable name "Bullstake", named after the practise of the baiting of bulls with dogs in belief that it tenderised their meat.
Situated on top of Roman ruins and a series of secret tunnels, used to hide the monks, the square now serves as War Memorial and public events.
With a selection of Cafes, Gift Shops and restaurants, it is a popular destination of domestic and foreign visitors alike.
The Market Cross. A grade 1 listed building built in 1747. Also known as the Butter Market, the building has had a number of uses including as a fire station, courtroom and gaol.
Thame is a thriving and lively small market town with plenty of independent shops. This narrow lane is formed by the island of buildings that stands in the middle of the long market place. The architecture is typical of the town, a comfortable mix from all eras, not always notable in itself, but creating a pleasant harmonious whole.
The original town developed around the church, but in the early thirteenth century the liberty of New Thame was ‘planted’ by the then Bishop of Lincoln on land formerly under plough. This can be seen by the passageways which follow the reverse ‘S’ curve. This is easily visible next to the Old Saracen’s Head (centre of image).
The marketplace has the typical boat-shaped appearance of a planted town with narrow entrances at both ends. The market has been held on Tuesdays since 1183, and received its Royal Charter in 1215, the original site being the Buttermarket and Cornmarket areas. The Buttermarket is traditionally sited on the cooler north side, the Cornmarket on the south. The area of Middle Row, which separates the two, originally consisted of booths that were taken down and put up each week but have long been permanent shops, including The Birdcage, the town's most photographed timber-framed building.
An alternative bench shot given the Sally Alley were playing in front of the usual bench. This one is at the opposite end of the group of stalls on the Buttermarket
Dating back to 1480, the Sun Hotel sits between Sun Street and The Buttermarket just meters from the main gate of Canterbury Cathedral and nestled in the heart of the historic City Centre.
This 15th century hotel is one of the city's most recognisable buildings, and was a former haunt of Charles Dickens. This was said to be the inn he stayed in while writing David Copperfield, and the hotel was immortalised as Mr Micawber's 'Little Inn' in the novel.
The Sun Hotel offers a warm welcome combining traditional architecture with contemporary design.
This unusual market building is in the Worcestershire Market town Of Tenbury Wells .Designed by James Cranston and built in 1858 it was known as the Butter Market.Erected for the use of the farmers wives to sell not only butter but poultry and other farm produce and giving them some cover from the elements.Later it became known as the Round Market....but it happens to oval ....a unique and interesting building
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The street market in Bury St Edmunds has a long history of a 1000 years back to before the days of William the Conqueror.
With around 80 stalls on a Wednesday and Saturday it is still one of the best . You can find a good range of fruit and vegetables and flower and plant stalls. Lots of clothing stalls and food and drink from all over the world. Children's rides , Hardware stalls and leather goods and the usual fast food stalls stretch over the Buttermarket and the Cornhill.
However 20/21 has been tough for the street traders coping with the Pandemic. The market has largely continued to run but is much smaller as only stall holders selling products deemed essential by the government are allowed.
My project which I started on my Instagram account www.instagram.com/paulclarkestreetphotography/
is an attempt to capture the atmosphere of the market , its stall holders and customers in a street photography stall
The street market in Bury St Edmunds has a long history of a 1000 years back to before the days of William the Conqueror.
With around 80 stalls on a Wednesday and Saturday it is still one of the best . You can find a good range of fruit and vegetables and flower and plant stalls. Lots of clothing stalls and food and drink from all over the world. Children's rides , Hardware stalls and leather goods and the usual fast food stalls stretch over the Buttermarket and the Cornhill.
However 20/21 has been tough for the street traders coping with the Pandemic. The market has largely continued to run but is much smaller as only stall holders selling products deemed essential by the government are allowed.
My project which I started on my Instagram account www.instagram.com/paulclarkestreetphotography/
is an attempt to capture the atmosphere of the market , its stall holders and customers in a street photography style
A view from the old footbridge which crosses over Shrewsbury station. Two class 153 units enter the station with a service from Crewe.
11-10-23.
The Snaith lock-up is a modest single storey building, comprising of three rooms. Built of brick with a clay pantile roof, it has stone door and window frames.
The windows are unglazed and have iron grilles. It is situated in the centre of town, in Buttermarket, adjoining the east wall of the churchyard.
It is now all that remains of a much longer building. A small shop and Buttermarket building abutted the south wall of the lock-up and the old fire-engine shed abutted its north wall. Both of these were demolished many years ago,
Documentary evidence has yet to be discovered about the occupants of the lock-up so we can only speculate as to how and by whom it was used,
The lock-up's proximity to the church suggests that it could have been used to house prisoners found guilty of misdemeanours in the ecclesiastical courts, although monetary fines and ecommunication were often used as punishment.
Another theory is that as the building is situated in Buttermarket, it would have been used for people found guilty by the Piepowder Court, the special court convened on market and fair days to deal with crimes such as selling shoddy goods, giving short measure and selling watered down ale.
However, it is most probable that it was used by the parish constable as a very short-stay prison for the drunks, vagrants and beggars who came to Snaith on market and fair days.
Rumour has it that the cell windows had one single bar originally and people took advantage of this to pass jugs of ale to the prisoners. To thwart this practise grills were installed but ingenuity soon conquered this intervention as people then not only brought the jugs of beer, but also long church-warden clay pipes. The pipe bowl was placed in the beer and the stem passed through the grill to the prisoner who then proceeded to drink the ale through a 'straw'!
Although there are over 100 surviving lock-ups in the country, there are very few that are free standing like this one. The majority are incorporated into existing buildings being basements or ground floors to schools or private houses etc. and therefore not always accessible to the public. The other free standing ones we know of such as one at Holme-upon-Spalding Moor are very different in appearance from Snaith lock-up.
The Snaith & District Heritage Society was formed in 1988 to prevent the demolition of the lock-up. It has since been handed over to Snaith & Cowick Town Council who are responsible for the conservation of this historic building.
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A Barnard Castle roofscape in winter sunshine. Taken from The Lendings, strong January sun lights up the stone buildings and the tower of St Mary''s parish church standing out against a dark sky.
The Christmas Fayre in Bury St Edmunds Suffolk always attracts the crowds. Its a 4 day event and is the 2nd biggest Christmas Fayre in England. It provides a real challenge to a street photographer as it is often impossible to isolate a subject but you can still highlight a face in the crowd.
The Snaith lock-up is a modest single storey building, comprising of three rooms. Built of brick with a clay pantile roof, it has stone door and window frames.
The windows are unglazed and have iron grilles. It is situated in the centre of town, in Buttermarket, adjoining the east wall of the churchyard.
It is now all that remains of a much longer building. A small shop and Buttermarket building abutted the south wall of the lock-up and the old fire-engine shed abutted its north wall. Both of these were demolished many years ago,
Documentary evidence has yet to be discovered about the occupants of the lock-up so we can only speculate as to how and by whom it was used,
The lock-up's proximity to the church suggests that it could have been used to house prisoners found guilty of misdemeanours in the ecclesiastical courts, although monetary fines and ecommunication were often used as punishment.
Another theory is that as the building is situated in Buttermarket, it would have been used for people found guilty by the Piepowder Court, the special court convened on market and fair days to deal with crimes such as selling shoddy goods, giving short measure and selling watered down ale.
However, it is most probable that it was used by the parish constable as a very short-stay prison for the drunks, vagrants and beggars who came to Snaith on market and fair days.
Rumour has it that the cell windows had one single bar originally and people took advantage of this to pass jugs of ale to the prisoners. To thwart this practise grills were installed but ingenuity soon conquered this intervention as people then not only brought the jugs of beer, but also long church-warden clay pipes. The pipe bowl was placed in the beer and the stem passed through the grill to the prisoner who then proceeded to drink the ale through a 'straw'!
Although there are over 100 surviving lock-ups in the country, there are very few that are free standing like this one. The majority are incorporated into existing buildings being basements or ground floors to schools or private houses etc. and therefore not always accessible to the public. The other free standing ones we know of such as one at Holme-upon-Spalding Moor are very different in appearance from Snaith lock-up.
The Snaith & District Heritage Society was formed in 1988 to prevent the demolition of the lock-up. It has since been handed over to Snaith & Cowick Town Council who are responsible for the conservation of this historic building.
The street market in Bury St Edmunds has a long history of a 1000 years back to before the days of William the Conqueror.
With around 80 stalls on a Wednesday and Saturday it is still one of the best . You can find a good range of fruit and vegetables and flower and plant stalls. Lots of clothing stalls and food and drink from all over the world. Children's rides , Hardware stalls and leather goods and the usual fast food stalls stretch over the Buttermarket and the Cornhill.
However 20/21 has been tough for the street traders coping with the Pandemic. The market has largely continued to run but is much smaller as only stall holders selling products deemed essential by the government are allowed.
My project which I started on my Instagram account www.instagram.com/paulclarkestreetphotography/
is an attempt to capture the atmosphere of the market , its stall holders and customers in a street photography stall
The street market in Bury St Edmunds has a long history of a 1000 years back to before the days of William the Conqueror.
With around 80 stalls on a Wednesday and Saturday it is still one of the best . You can find a good range of fruit and vegetables and flower and plant stalls. Lots of clothing stalls and food and drink from all over the world. Children's rides , Hardware stalls and leather goods and the usual fast food stalls stretch over the Buttermarket and the Cornhill.
However 20/21 has been tough for the street traders coping with the Pandemic. The market has largely continued to run but is much smaller as only stall holders selling products deemed essential by the government are allowed.
My project which I started on my Instagram account www.instagram.com/paulclarkestreetphotography/
is an attempt to capture the atmosphere of the market , its stall holders and customers in a street photography style
Presenting the Butter Market in Athy, Co. Kildare, with its delightfully clear clock face for beachcomber australia's delectation. And if there isn't a good story behind that intriguing Sea Bat poster, then I shall be eating my chapeau (this one!)...
Photographer: Unknown
Collection: Eason Photographic Collection
Date: Around July 1931, based on Sea Bat poster – thanks John Spooner!
NLI Ref: EAS_2414
You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie