Fairs Act 1871
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title:
Fairs Act 1871
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The Fairs Act 1871 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It empowered the Home Secretary in the United Kingdom to, on petition, make orders for the abolition of fairs. Such provision was made at this time by Parliament because many fairs traditionally held in early Victorian England were, according to the preamble to the act, held to be unnecessary,
the cause of grievous immorality, and
very injurious to the inhabitants of the towns in which such fairs are held Fairs abolished under
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United Kingdom legislation
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairs_Act_1871
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2024-03-03T21:01:43Z
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