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Spalding Spring Fair 1876
uesday 27th April 1876 saw the Spring Fair in Spalding. The area was recovering from several years of rinderpest that devastated local livestock followed by drought.
Aug 11 min read
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Farm Inheritance Tax - Not Just Land
In this second  post I will demonstrate how inheritance tax can affect a tenant farmer by referring to a real life example from my past...
Nov 13, 20245 min read
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The Evolution of Spalding's Markets - New Livestock Market 1938 until its close.
Friday 14th October 1938 saw Spalding Cattle Market opened with great fanfare by Sir John Chancellor, chairman of the Livestock...
Nov 1, 202414 min read
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The Evolution of Spalding Market - Livestock leave the Streets
The recovery of the livestock market post World War I was not without its interruptions. In 1922 foot and mouth disease reared its ugly...
Oct 28, 20245 min read
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From Marsh to Fen and Field - Andrew Sharp
In the graveyard at Gedney Hill churchyard is a modest gravestone that due to the ravages of time and growth of moss cannot quite be...
Aug 23, 20244 min read
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The Grave of Andrew Sharp and the Curse of Cattle Plague
In the graveyard at Gedney Hill churchyard is a modest gravestone that due to the ravages of time and growth of moss cannot quite be...
Oct 16, 20223 min read
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