| Related Material | The records relating to Ashton market are held as part of the Papers of the Grey Family, Earls of Stamford, from Dunham Massey Hall, at John Rylands University Library Special Collections (Deansgate):
EGR1/5/1/1, Letters Patent of Henry VI dated 13 Feb 14 Hen [?4] [1412/3], granting to Sir John de Assheton permission to hold two fairs annually in the town of Ashton under Lyne
EGR1/5/1/2, Letters patent relating to Sir George Booth and the markets and fairs at Ashton, dated 31 Oct 1608 |
