Market Place, Faringdon, Oxfordshire

Market Place, Faringdon, Oxfordshire

Photograph taken 1904 © Reproduced by permission of Historic England Archive ref: cc97/02236

The cattle market underway, with the Salutation Inn to one side and the churchyard to the other. Faringdon was granted a market in 1218.

Location

Oxfordshire Faringdon

Period

Edwardian (1902 - 1913)

Themes

Customers buy seed at the Sutton's Seeds shop. The drawers behind the counter presumably hold seeds, while the cashier sits behind the counter to the right. A solid fuel heater stands in the centre of the floor.

Past Shopping

Tags

street people cattle market Edwardian (1902 - 1913)