Market Day Keswick
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Market Day Keswick
Image: © Paul Anderson Taken: 28 Apr 2007
Thursday and Saturday is market day in Keswick. The stalls set-up from 6am around the Pedestrian centre and finish at approximately 4:30pm. In Summertime the streets are full and extra stalls try to expand the market down towards the Post Office. The name 'Keswick' is said to mean 'cheese farm' and is first recorded as a settlement in 1240. Its origins as a market town date back to 1276 when Edward I granted Thomas, Lord of the Manor of Derwentwater a charter to hold a Saturday market, which still continues today over 700 years later. Image
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