market town
noun
: a usually small town that has the privilege of holding a public market at stated times
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There are newspaper clippings, from the 1950s through to the 2000s, concerning ghost sightings, or reports of poltergeists in market towns or children who appear to possess uncanny extrasensory powers.
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Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2025
The 800-year-old market town Elsinore is a gateway and home to the UNESCO World Heritage List Kronborg Castle, the impressive setting for Shakespeare’s Hamlet.
—Allison Tibaldi, USA Today, 9 Oct. 2025
Make your way to this inland market town filled with Moorish architectural influence, a bustling Friday market, and plenty of shops selling local jewelry and ceramics.
—Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 28 Sep. 2025
Location: Calcot sits just three miles from the pretty market town of Tetbury.
—Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 2 July 2025
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Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2025
The 800-year-old market town Elsinore is a gateway and home to the UNESCO World Heritage List Kronborg Castle, the impressive setting for Shakespeare’s Hamlet.
—Allison Tibaldi, USA Today, 9 Oct. 2025
Make your way to this inland market town filled with Moorish architectural influence, a bustling Friday market, and plenty of shops selling local jewelry and ceramics.
—Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 28 Sep. 2025
Location: Calcot sits just three miles from the pretty market town of Tetbury.
—Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 2 July 2025
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“Market town.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/market%20town. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.
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