Amenities at The Maltings
Car Parking
Toilets
Market Place
In 1251 King Henry III granted a Charter to William the 7th Earl which gave toll free trading to the Burgesses (Townsmen) throughout the de Ferrers lands. It also gave them the right to determine who would be allowed to trade in Uttoxeter and to set their own standards and conditions of trade. The Burgesses were expected to keep good order in the town and to collect tolls and taxes due to their Lord. The charter not only established Uttoxeter as a trading centre, but also allowed the Burgesses of the town a fair degree of self-administration.
The Market Place became the physical and economical ‘heart’ of the town and it was during the medieval period that Uttoxeter took on the layout that it still has today, with the houses and workshops around the Market Place and Church.
