Bartholomew Fair of "The Springheel Saga, Series Two: The Legend of Springheel'd Jack". Bartholomew Fair The Bartholomew Fair was one of London's pre-eminent summer Charter fairs. A charter for the fair was granted to Rahere by Henry I to fund the Priory of St Bartholomew; and from 1133 to 1855 it took place each year on 24 August within the precincts of the Priory at West Smithfield, outside Aldersgate of the City of London. The fair continued, after the Dissolution within the Liberty of the parish of St Bartholomew-the-Great. The site of Bartholomew Fair was the south-east side of Smithfield roundabout and
Hamilton County Fair (Ohio) racetrack had to be relocated to make room for Ronald Reagan Cross County Highway's West Side extension. Hamilton County Fair (Ohio) The Hamilton County Fair, formerly known as the Carthage Fair, is the county fair of Hamilton County, Ohio. It is held annually by the Hamilton County Agricultural Society at the Hamilton County Fairgrounds in Cincinnati's Carthage neighborhood. It is the oldest county fair in Ohio, first held in 1820 on the Ezekiel Hutchinson farm and in 1855 at the present location. It was the first fair west of the Allegheny Mountains to offer cash awards in livestock competitions. The