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Originally Posted by MargaretR
Market charters are archaic laws which enabled the king and aristocracy to levy a charge for a town's right to trade, and are not relevant in the 21st century
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But still on the statute book and very much enforced.
If someone tries to open an alternative market with the town boudaries or I think within 6 miles, the council will jump on them.
That's not to say an annex albeit not connected to the existing market hall controlled by the council cannot come under charter rules?