FAIRS, 
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here its progress is for the present arrested, by awk¬ 
ward times, untoward circumstances, and scarcity of 
money. The lockage to the Severn, remaining to he 
executed on the unfinished part of this canal, is very 
considerable. 
Dr. Nash observes, (l Though the Severn has been 
navigable from early days, yet the first load of coals 
brought by it to Worcester, was in the year 1570. 
From 1S05 to 1807, the Leominster canal has made 
no progress; on the Birmingham and Worcester, the 
great tunnel has been finished, and the summit level 
made navigable to Tardebigg, about sixteen miles 
from Birmingham ; but the lockage to the Severn is 
not yet begun, nor the whole of the summit level com- 
SECT. III.—FAIRS. 
All the market towns, and several of the principal 
villages, as Alvechurch, Bellbroughton, Blockley, 
Feckenham, King’s Norton, Redditch, &c. have fairs, 
one or more annually, for the sale of cattle, sheep, 
horses, hogs, cheese, linen and woollen cloth, wearing 
apparel, wool, leather, and other articles. 
At Worcester, September 19, is held a great annual 
fair, at which, when hops have been a full crop, a very 
large quantity of that article is offered to sale by the 
growers, or planters; this fair is, on such occasions, 
fully attended by dealers and speculators from the 
neighbouring counties, and distant parts of the king¬ 
dom, and a great deal of business is frequently done. 
The following are the fairs, mostly from Ogilby; 
WORCESTERSHIRE.] T which. 
