One, commonly called St. John's Fair, is usually held on the 18th July; but whether it is also called St. John's Bridge Fair I am unable to say, as this fair was always held in our holidays, although it might be so termed.
The other, commonly called "Bridge Fair," is held in the early part of October, and is so called from its proximity to the bridge. The piece in which the fairs are held is called the Bridge Close. Indeed I believe both these fairs were held in the same piece, or at least close by each other, although held at different times.
I hope this may assist, but whether it is the same spoken of at p. 88. I cannot say.
J. N. C.
A Tye (Vol. iii., p. 263.)
is described by your correspondent as a place where three roads meet. Perhaps he means a place where one road divides into two. The nucleus of old English towns will be almost always found to consist of such a fork of one road into two, requiring three principal gates or entrances, and distinguishing the plans of towns from those of cities, in which four roads meet, forming the Carfoix, and requiring four principal gates. Is there any affinity of the words two, tye, and town? The parallel case of the junction of two rivers into one affects the names of places situated there, as Tiverton.
K. TH.
Vineyard (Vol. ii., pp. 392. 414. 446. 522.).
—In reference to the subject of the name "Vineyard" being still applied to certain places in England, it may be curious to note that the little village of Fingest, on the borders of Oxon and Bucks, was formerly called Vingest; and a farm in the same parish, now known as the Fineing, appears on an old tablet in the church as "the Vineing." I should add that the country around is full of steep sunny slopes; and would be, in a warmer climate admirably adapted for vines.
G. R. M.