Hot on the heels of the Artisan Market (June 2012 - March 2014) and the Makers Market (April 2014 - May 2017) comes a brand new and this time purely local venture, the Middlewich Mexon Market!
SUPPORTING THE MIDDLEWICH MEXON MARKET....
From Middlewich Town Council:
Middlewich Town Council, Middlewich Vision, partners and volunteers would like to announce the creation of a new market for Middlewich. The market will be a not-for-profit venture and all proceeds will be used to sustain the market over the coming months. It will take time to develop but we hope that you will give it your support to make it a success and a welcome enhancement to our town centre.
DIRECT EMAIL LINK: visionapm@middlewich.org.uk
Find out more about the Middlewich Mexon Market at:
SUPPORTING THE MIDDLEWICH MEXON STREET MARKET...
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| Middlewich Heritage Society Photo: Salt Town Productions July 2017 |
There's a long history of markets in Middlewich, stretching back to at least the 13th century (our first Market Charter was granted in 1260), and the Mexon website features an article with information from Allan Earl giving a brief run-down of that history and explaining where the name 'Mexon' comes from.
'Mexon' doesn't appear in the OED, so it may be that the word is obsolete. Or it may be a word of purely local origin, like 'Lompon'.
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| Photo: Bill Armsden |
Historical note: This is not the fIrst time that the name 'Mexon' has been revived. In the 1970s local businessman Steve Wells used the name The King's Mexon for a restaurant in Wheelock Street, where the Blue Ginger Indian Restaurant & Takeaway currently (2017) is. In the interim years this former furniture shop and warehouse has always been a restaurant on one form or another. After Steve Wells moved out, for example, it became Franco's.
SUPPORTING THE MIDDLEWICH MEXON STREET MARKET...
And here's our celebratory MD Masthead for July 2017 featuring the advent of this
great new venture...
We wish the new Middlewich Mexon Street Market every success!
This also appears on THE MIDDLEWICH DIARY
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