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Markets and fairs outside burghs Between 1550 and 1660, 143 market centres were licensed, folbefore 1660 but a further 136 were authorised by parliament 1660 lowed by a further 346 between 1660 and 1707 (see above, Royal and 1707, many in areas remote from existing burghs. These postburghs and burghs of barony). But the post-Restoration founda1660 foundations were also rather different in their distribution, tions were often different in being granted a licence to hold a reaching into the Highlands and larger islands of the Inner Hebriregular market or a fair without being given the status of a burgh. des. By 1707, only 18% of the mainland of Scotland was more than There were, it has been estimated, about 50 non-burghal centres fifteen miles from an authorised market centre, whether situated in a burgh or outside. ... ..... ,. .00 50 75 100 '" {J o 10 20 o 10 20 30 40 50 eo 30 '" '" eo Markets outside burghs Fairs outside burghs IDW 295

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