Aylsham Market

We have a variety of stalls plants,pet food,gents clothes,discount food,jewellery, bags hats,socks,belts,bread Baskets and gifts Twice weekly market in the National Trust Market Place on Mondays and Fridays.Except on bank holidays. There are many stalls, slightly different on Mondays and Fridays, so call in and have a look around. MONDAYS
Debbie's Pet Supplies
Rukabout Hats,Bags and Belts
Tonys discount Food
Lilac Nurseries - Plants, bulbs etc
Tony Draper-Menswear
Stuart key cutting,watch batteries and straps fitted
All Jam Buying and Selling
Aish Bakery, For Bread and Cakes teas and Coffee

FRIDAY
Rukabout Hats Bags and Belts
Stephen Marshall Fresh fish
Lilac Nurseries - Plants, bulbs etc
Debbie's Pet Supplies
Brysons Boutique Ladies clothing

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History of Aylsham Market (from Wikipedia)

Archaeological evidence shows that the site of the town has been occupied since prehistoric times. Aylsham is just over two miles (3 km) from a substantial Roman settlement at Brampton, linked to Venta Icenorum at Caistor St Edmund, south of Norwich, by a Roman road which can still be traced in places - that site was a bustling industrial centre with maritime links to the rest of the empire. Excavations in the 1970s provided evidence of several kilns, showing that this was an industrial centre, pottery and metal items being the main items manufactured. Aylsham is thought to have been founded around 500 AD by an Anglo Saxon thegn called Aegel, Aegel's Ham, meaning "Aegel's settlement". The town is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Elesham and Ailesham, with a population of about 1,000. Until the 15th century, the linen and worsted industry was important here, as well as in North Walsham and Worstead, and Aylsham webb or 'cloth of Aylsham' was supplied to the royal palaces of Edward II and III. John of Gaunt was Lord of the manor from 1372 and Aylsham became the principal town of the Duchy of Lancaster. Although John of Gaunt probably never came to Aylsham, the townspeople enjoyed many privileges, including exemption from jury service outside the manor and from payment of certain taxes. The village sign depicts John of Gaunt. In 1519 Henry VIII granted a market on Saturdays and an annual fair to be held on 12 March, which was the eve of the feast of St Gregory the pope. Aylsham markets have always been an important feature of the town, and businesses developed to meet the needs of the town and the farming lands around it. Besides weekly markets there were cattle fairs twice a year and, in October, a hiring fair. The historic Black Boys Inn in the Market Place is one of Aylsham's oldest surviving buildings, and has been on the site since the 1650s, although the present frontage dates to between 1710 and 1720. There is a frieze of small black boys on the cornice and a good staircase and assembly room. The Black Boys was a stop for the post coach from Norwich to Cromer, had stabling for 40 horses, and employed three ostlers and four postboys. A thatched waterpump was built in 1911 at Carr's Corner in memory of John Soame by his uncle, a wealthy financi