Kirkbymoorside Saturday market plan 'would need approval from King Charles'
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Under an ancient Royal Charter, a market can only be held in Kirkbymoorside’s cobbled Market Place, on a Wednesday but traders and councillors want another to be held once a month on a Saturday.
However, Town Clerk, Lisa Bolland, said North Yorkshire Council’s highways officers have said the move cannot go ahead with a market charter.
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Hide Ad“It would need permission from The King as it is a Royal charter’, she said.
"Now the county authority is being asked to explore and to explore centuries old records which could include action under a local Act of Parliament.”