Image ID: 13919

The Fair, Retford Market Square

Courtesy of Mrs E Gostelow

Market Place
Retford
England

This photograph was taken from the Town Hall. Retford gained its first charter in 1246, when Henry III granted the right for a fair. Retford continues to mark the granting of its Royal Charter each year with an annual fair held on 'Charter Day'. The war memorial was erected in 1921, and was unveiled by former M P Sir Frederick Milner. 302 men lost their lives in the Great War, and 110 names were added after the Second World War.

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