WEEKLY MARKETS. 975 
Shipston, June 22, Tuesday after October 10, for 
horses, cows, and sheep. 
Stourbridge, March 29, for horses (very noted) and 
other cattle; September 8, for all sorts of cattle and 
sheep. 
Stourport, weekly, on Wednesdays, from September 
to Christmas, for hops. 
Tenbury, April 26 , July 18, September 26, for horn¬ 
ed cattle, horses, and sheep. 
Upton, Midlent Thursday, Whitsun-Thursday, for 
horses, cattle, and sheep ; July 10, Thursday before 
St. Matthew (September 21), for horses, cattle, sheep, 
and leather. 
Worcester, Saturday before Palm Sunday, Saturday 
in Easter week, for horses and linen cloth ; August 15, 
September 19 , for cattle, horses, cheese, lambs, linen, 
and hops. 
SECT. IV.—WEEKLY MARKETS. 
Large weekly markets are held at Worcester on Sa¬ 
turdays, for the sale of grain, pulse, flour, malt, hops, 
butcher’s meat, fish, fruit, butter, cheese, and most 
other articles. 
In the summer season, Dr. Nash relates, that several 
tons of cherries are frequently sold here very early in 
the morning, to dealers in that article, from Birming¬ 
ham, Wolverhampton, and the north. 
Immediately after the great fair of September 19, 
this market (particularly in plentiful seasons of that ar¬ 
ticle) is filled with hops, by the growers and planters 
of, and speculators in, that article; this continues to 
Christmas, 
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