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5. Market Square | |||
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In common with many small towns in England, the hub of town activity was the Market Square. Though it no longer hosts a market, Stony Stratford's market place is still recognisable in its setting as the illustration from 1700 (below) shows.
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The remains of an elm tree in the southwest corner of the square bear a plaque set there in 1950, recording the fact that John Wesley (the famous 18th century Methodist preacher) visited Stony Stratford on five occasions, and on one of them he preached from the shade of this tree.
In the last century the tree suffered vandalism and arson attacks, which have reduced it to a charred hollow rather than the majestic specimen we see in some of the old postcards shown below. |
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