1850 Guide page 5
 The
market house, erected at a cost of £1400, is a handsome brick
and stone building, planted round with elm trees, and was opened
19th June, 1848. The markets, which are held on Wednesday and
Saturday, are well supplied with provisions, &c. In 1850, two
annual cattle fairs were established here on the second Tuesday
in April and second Tuesday in October. The gas works were
erected in 1850, at a cost of about £2500, raised by loans, with
security on the rates, and the town was first illuminated with
burning vapour in the September of that year. The gasometer is
35 feet in diameter by 13 feet deep, and will contain 12,500
cubic feet of gas. |
