The sheep fair at Corby Glen, near Bourne, Lincolnshire
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The sheep fair at Corby Glen, near Bourne, Lincolnshire
Image: © Rex Needle Taken: 4 Oct 1999
This annual event at Corby Glen every October is the last remaining of the great sheep fairs once held across England and owes its origins to a Royal Charter granted by Henry III in 1238. The fair starts on a Friday and continues throughout the weekend with stalls and sideshows and festivities of all kinds, a major occasion in the village calendar when families and old friends meet, culminating with the sale of sheep on the last day.
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