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Ashford, Kent history
Early developments
Two axes from the Lower Paleolithic period have been found near Ashford . During the construction of the Park Farm estate in the late 1990s, excavation produced tools from the Upper Palaeolithic and Mesolithic period dating back to the 7th millennium BC .
Middle Ages
Ashford’s importance as an agricultural and market town grew in the 13th century . King Henry III granted the town a charter to hold a market for livestock in 1243 . The pottery industry expanded in 13th and 14th centuries, with the main works based at Potter’s Corner .
Modern developments
By the 1780s, Ashford had begun to hold informal market days, and advertised the town’s ideal location between London, Chatham and the Kent Coast . The market was held in the High Street until 1856, when local farmers and businessmen relocated to Elwick Road and formed a market company . There is still a regular street market in the town, but the market company relocated outside the town centre after part of the 19th-century site was demolished .
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