Category talk:Market towns in England

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Seeing as the definition of a "town" was originally a settlement with a market, why is there a special category for "market towns"? What is special about the towns in the list? Epa101 (talk) 18:50, 16 January 2009 (UTC)
 * I wonder what the differences there are between "market town" and "ancient borough". MRSC (talk) 16:58, 14 February 2010 (UTC)