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The first recording of a Market Hall was in 1509, when it was more correctly called the Moot Hall. It is described as having shops underneath and a clock above. Tuesday has been established as market day in Thame from 1183/4 and the first recorded market charter is 1215 so there would have been a need for a building to administer the market.
The Elizabethan Moot Hall of 1509 had stood for a few hundred years and served its purpose well, but by the late 17th Century it was falling into disrepair.
A new Market Hall was built by the Earl of Abingdon in 1684. Like the previous one it was open underneath to provide shelter for the market traders as well as a meeting place, and it had a meeting hall above that was used as the main market court.
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Thame Museum is a local museum located in the High Street of the town of Thame in Oxfordshire, England.
The whole Museum is fully accessible to non-motorised wheelchair users. The Museum also has an adapted toilet.
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