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WINSTER MARKET HOUSE. 



In Capper's Topographical Dictionary, a.d. 1808, Winster 

 is mentioned thus : " Here is a small market on Saturday and 

 a fair on Easter Monday." 



Brevity itself characterises the account given in Pilkingion's 

 View of the Present State of Derbyshire, 1738: "The Church 

 of Winster is dedicated to St. John the Baptist. The town has 

 a market." 



Before Restoration. 



From The Diary of George Moore of Winster Hall, bearing 

 date July Sth, 1778, we may conjecture that the market day 

 at Winster was a busy one, for he writes : " I propose to go to 

 Buxton to-day out of the way of the market." 



In Lyson's Magna Britannia, vol. v., page 306, a.d. 181 7: 

 " Winster is a small market town about three miles from 

 Youlgreave, about 19 miles from Derby, and about 145 

 miles from London. The market, which appears to have 



