books.google.com - This study looks at the relationship between popular recreations and the spaces in which they took place, and in doing so it provides a history of how England enjoyed itself during the long eighteenth century. Because the poor lacked land of their own, public spaces were needed for their sports and pastimes....https://books.google.com/books/about/England_s_Revelry.html?id=FRF4LBIehPgC&q=market+place&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareEngland's Revelry