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Goose Fayre

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​We are looking into organising the Goose Fayre in Bridge Street again, but cannot do it without the help of local businesses and volunteers. Please get in touch if you want to help this event happen or are interested in sponsorship opportunites.  Thanks!



History of the Tudor Goose Fayre:

“In 1516 Henry VIII granted licence to Robert Nortriche and William Fleyter, constables, and the inhabitants of Walton on Thames, to hold a fair on Tuesday and Wednesday in Easter week and another on 3 and 4 October in each year.(fn. 10) In 1601 a complaint was made of the increase in the number of vagrants in Surrey; it was reported that at the Easter week fair at Walton no less than eighteen such vagabonds assembled together, and were heard engaging in treasonable talk about the death of the Earl of Essex, (fn. 11) who had been beheaded for high treason a few weeks earlier.”
 
Quote comes from;  'Parishes: Walton on Thames', in A History of the County of Surrey: Volume 3, ed. H E Malden (London, 1911), pp. 467-475 http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/surrey/vol3/pp467-475 [accessed 29 February 2016].

The fair continued the be held right up to 1878 and was reinstated in 2013 by the Walton Business Group.

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    • Visiting Walton >
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        • Sponsor Walton Trail
        • Blue Plaques
        • Hepworth Studios - Cecil Hepworth Playhouse
        • Hepworth Studios - The Rosary
        • Aston Martin Garage
        • Manor House
        • Mount Felix Hospital
        • Walton Bridge
        • The Regent
        • Flt.Sgt.Charles Sydney
        • Bird's Eye Building
        • Ireton's House
        • Cowey Sale
        • Julie Andrews
        • Thames Cottage
        • Admiral Rodney
        • Herbert Hoover
        • Swan Hotel
        • Walton War Memorial
        • Elm Grove House
        • Ashley Park >
          • Ashley Park Estate
          • Walton Cricket Club
          • Origins of Baseball
        • The River Thames
        • River House
        • St Mary's Church
        • Walton Wharf
      • Shopping in Walton
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      • Things to do in Walton
      • Water Sports
      • Open Spaces & Parks
    • Future of Walton
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        • Festival of Light 2020
        • Christmas Windows 2020
        • Festival of Light 2019
        • Festival of Light 2018
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      • Small Steps to Sustainability Fair
      • Easter Sunrise Service
      • Easter Egg Hunt
      • Anzac Day Walton-on-Thames
      • Weybridge Vandals Beer Festival
      • May Day >
        • May Day 2017
      • Walton & Weybridge Regatta >
        • Regatta Sponsorship
        • All river events in Walton
      • Little Legs for Life
      • Whiteley Village Races
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        • Beer Sponsorship
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