Old Market Place, Sudbury glass plaque

Sudbury, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom

Old Market Place From as early as the 12th century there was a town market here. By 1340 there was as many as 102 stalls, although later the Black Death reduced the population and market by nearly half. This primitive map of 1714 shows the Butter Cross where dairy products were kept cool: the Cage,

where miscreants were locked up: and Poultry Hill where chickens, turkeys, ducks and geese were sold. The Shambles was the butchers' market, shoemakers and leather workers occupied Shoemakers Hall and

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