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Timestamp: 2010-03-06 18:43:47.956606
Log Message: Updating factlet "Stourbridge Fair" (81294871-deac-4889-a086-0bffbeb07737)
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Stourbridge Fair
Attribute Change end_normed - None + 1934
start_normed - None + 1211
end - None + 1934
description - Stourbridge fair was an annual fair held on Stourbridge Common in Cambridge, England. At its peak it was the largest fair in Europe and was the inspiration for Bunyan's "Vanity Fair". The fair was one of four important medieval fairs held in Cambridge: Garlic Fair, Reach Fair, Midsummer Fair and Stourbridge Fair. + Stourbridge Fair was an annual fair held on Stourbridge Common in Cambridge, England. It was first held in 1211 and was formally ended by an order of the Secretary of State in 1934. At its peak it was the largest fair in Europe and was the inspiration for Bunyan's "Vanity Fair". It is also thought that Isaac Newton bought the prism used for his famous investigation of the nature of light at the Stourbridge Fair.
end_ordered - None + 1934.0
title - Stourbridge fair ? ^ + Stourbridge Fair ? ^
image - None + http://www.flickr.com/photos/alangley/2136089073/sizes/s/
start - None + 1211
start_ordered - None + 1211.0
location - {'geometry': {'type': 'Point', 'coordinates': [None, None]}, 'type': 'Feature', 'properties': {'title': u''}, 'id': None} ? ^^^^ ^^^^ ------------ + {'geometry': {'type': 'Point', 'coordinates': [0.13114929199218001, 52.207185893031998]}, 'type': 'Feature', 'properties': {}, 'id': None} ? ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^source - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stourbridge_fair +
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