A local fair/show due to run on the 16th/17th September has been cancelled due to the Queen passing, it was due to be the first one since 2019 after the COVID outbreak.
"In 1267 King Henry III granted a Royal Charter to Thomas de Multon (1247-1294), Lord of the Barony of Egremont, for a weekly market on Wednesdays and an annual fair to be held on the 7th, 8th and 9th of September. A modern translation of the original Charter is as follows"