Title
Big wheel, Goose Fair, Market Place, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, 1907. Artist: Unknown
Caption
Big wheel, Goose Fair, Market Place, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, 1907. East aspect, looking towards The Exchange from Beastmarket Hill. The Goose Fair was originally held in Nottingham's Market Place for 8 days of October, reduced to five days in 1876. The name comes from the hundreds of geese which were at one time driven from Lincolnshire and Norfolk to be sold in Nottingham. Goose Fair was first mentioned in the Nottingham Borough Records of 1541, though it was probably in existence much earlier than this. It gradually became so large that it spread to other streets in the vicinity and, with the growth of traffic, there were complaints about congestion and disruption in the city.
Nottingham City Council collections
Date
2009
Credit line
Photo12/Heritage Images/Nottingham City Council
Reference
HRM19D65_499
Model release
No
License type
Rights managed
Available size
50,1Mb (1,8Mb) / 16,6in x 11,7in / 4982 x 3514 (300dpi)