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 | | In the later 12th century there was a market-place (forum) in Newnham, (Footnote 56) and there are numerous references to stalls and to the shambles in the 12th, 13th, and 14th centuries. |
 | | Apart from trades occurring in most small places and those already mentioned, there were in Newnham in 1608 three coopers, a glover, a millwright, a sieve-maker, and a turner, (Footnote 40) and in the 18th and 19th centuries the trades followed included those of apothecary, cooper, glazier, haberdasher, maltster, mercer, printer, saddler, skinner, and tallow-chandler. |
 | | Fishing has been an important activity in Newnham: in the mid 13th century the bailiffs bought lampreys and cod to send for the king's use, (Footnote 49) and fisheries are recorded from the 12th century. |
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