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| Picture No | 11939037 |
| Date | 1902 |
| Description | Corby Pole Fair, Northamptonshire 1902 |
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'The Chairman, with the Charter'. Corby Pole Fair, in Northamptonshire taken place every 20 years on Whit-Monday since 1682, in celebration of the charter granted by Elizabeth I exempting local landowners from bridge tolls throughout the Kingdom. Photograph showing here of a procession with band at the head and organisers' leaders seated in chairs attached to poles which are borne on the shoulders of some of the men.
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| Source | Photograph by Benjamin Stone in 'Sir Benjamin Stone's Pictures', page 2 |
| Credit | Mary Evans Picture Library |
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