Its rough fluted stem was 36 feet in circumference, and about a yard from the ground, divided into eleven immense arms; yet not in the horizontal manner of an oak, but rather that of a beech. Beneath its shade, which formerly overspread an area of three hundred feet in circuit, an annual fair was held on the 2nd of July, and no booth was suffered to be raised beyond the extent of its boughs. The fair is still continued on the same spot the first Friday in July. _Market_ disused.--_Fair_, October 22, for toys. It lies within the three-penny post delivery. [Sidenote: Origin of its name.] [Sidenote: Burnt by the Danes.] [Sidenote: Once a town of importance.] [Sidenote: Singular services by which the manor of Clayhall was held.] [Sidenote: Fairlop oak.] Map| Names of Places. | County. | Number of Miles From | +--+-------------------+---------+--------------+--------------+ 45|Barkisland to|W.R. York|Halifax 4|Huddersfield 8| 23|Barkston pa|Leicester|Melton 12|Belvoir Cas. 4| 24|Barkstone pa|Lincoln |Grantham 4|Sleaford 9| 46|Barkstone Ash to|W.R. York|Tadcaster 6|Abberford 5| 18|Barkway to & pa|Herts |Hertford 15|Puckeridge 8| 24|Barkwith, East pa|Lincoln |Wragby 3|M. Raisin 8| 24|Barkwith, West pa|Lincoln | 3| 8| 35|Barlaston pa|Stafford |Stone 4|Newcastle 6| 38|Barlavington pa|Sussex |Petworth 5|Chichester 12| 10|Barlborough pa|Derby |Chesterfield 8|Worksop 7| 46|Barlby chap|E.R. York|Selby 2|York 13| 23|Barleston chap|Leicester|Bosworth 3|Leicester 12| 18|Barley pa|Herts |Barkway 3|Cambridge 14| 22|Barley to|Lancaster|Colne 5|Clitheroe 5| 32|Barleythorpe chap|Rutland |Oakham 2|Melton 9| 14|Barling pa|Essex |Prittlewell 5|Rochford 5| 24|Barlings pa|Lincoln |Lincoln 7|Wragby 4| 46|Barlow to|W.R. York|Selby 3|Snaith 6| 10|Barlow, Great chap|Derby |Chesterfield 4|Dronfield 3| 10|Barlow, Little to|Derby | 5| 3| +--+-------------------+---------+--------------+--------------+ |Dist.| Map| Names of Places. | Number of Miles From |Lond.|Population. +--+-------------------+------------------------+-----+--------+ 45|Barkisland to|Rochdale 13| 196| 2292| 23|Barkston pa|Bingham 7| 115| 297| 24|Barkstone pa|Folkingham 11| 114| 430| 46|Barkstone Ash to|York 15| 185| 265| 18|Barkway to & pa|Cambridge 17| 35| 1108| 24|Barkwith, East pa|Louth 12| 147| 187|