New Curiosities of Literature And book of the Months volume 2
New Curiosities of Literature And book of the Months volume 2
George Soane
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Norwich. 1750. I must confess that this appears to me to be exceedingly problematical. THE MONTHS SEPTKMniJK. 1*1 torv. Dr. Stukely"^' maintains that " the inauguration day of Carausiusf was the occasion of this famous Stour bech Fair then held ; and which brought the corn from all Cambridi^eshire to the corn-boats lying in the river at Chesterton j and a fortniglit's time was allowed for that work, which is tlie continuance of the fair ; then the fleet set forwards northward, in the Carsdike. ...+ This was not only the origin of Stourbech Fair ; but we may trace the progress of the corn-boats the whole length of the Fossa by the sanie observation of Fairs. " Fuller, the Church historian, on the other hand tells a story how a clothier, having by accident wetted his cloth in the Stour, exposed it on the spot for sale as a damaged article. Finding his market prove a good one, he returned next year with some other of his townsmen, and so on year after year, till at last " hither came a confluence of buyers, sellers, and lookers on, which are the three prin- • Medallic History, vol.
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