Record Details
| NHER Number: | 32774 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | 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.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TM 110 795 |
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| Map Sheet: | TM17NW |
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| Parish: | DISS, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
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.
Monument Types
- GREEN (Medieval to 21st Century - 1066 AD to 2100 AD)
- MARKET (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- MARKET (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | 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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