Warwick. Coten End
Shops and houses in Coten End, Warwick. 1910s
IMAGE LOCATION: (Warwickshire County Record Office)
Reference: PH, 350/2406, img: 3250
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Up until the early eighteenth century, cherry wakes (fairs) were held down Coten End. On three successive Sundays stalls selling the fruit would set up there. Cherry Street recalls this. There may also have been a cherry orchard there as well.
Source: “Folklore of Warwickshire” by Roy Palmer
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