Kirkbymoorside Saturday market plan 'would need approval from King Charles'
A plan to have a Saturday market in historic Kirkbymoorside to help boost the town’s economy, will need approval from the King, the town council has been told.
Under an ancient Royal Charter, a market can only be held in Kirkbymoorside’s cobbled Market Place, on a Wednesday but traders and councillors want another to be held once a month on a Saturday.
However, Town Clerk, Lisa Bolland, said North Yorkshire Council’s highways officers have said the move cannot go ahead with a market charter.
“It would need permission from The King as it is a Royal charter’, she said.
"Now the county authority is being asked to explore and to explore centuries old records which could include action under a local Act of Parliament.”