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Sweets in Worksop: The Priory Gatehouse Overloo...

Worksop's 14th-century Priory Gatehouse still overlooks the market cross granted with the town's fair in 1296 — but neither ever sold sweets in bulk.

Sweets in Worksop: The Priory Gatehouse Overloo...

Worksop's 14th-century Priory Gatehouse still overlooks the market cross granted with the town's fair in 1296 — but neither ever sold sweets in bulk.

Sweets in Haywards Heath: Muster Green's Cattle...

Haywards Heath's cattle market once ranked among the twelve largest in Britain, handling 100,000 head of stock a year — it closed in 1989, and confectionery was never part of...

Sweets in Haywards Heath: Muster Green's Cattle...

Haywards Heath's cattle market once ranked among the twelve largest in Britain, handling 100,000 head of stock a year — it closed in 1989, and confectionery was never part of...

Sweets in Eccles: James Birch, and 230 Years of...

Eccles gave its name to Britain's best-known currant pastry back in 1793 — but for bulk, vegan and halal-friendly sweets, Eccles shoppers order online instead.

Sweets in Eccles: James Birch, and 230 Years of...

Eccles gave its name to Britain's best-known currant pastry back in 1793 — but for bulk, vegan and halal-friendly sweets, Eccles shoppers order online instead.

Sweets in Bamber Bridge: A 1907 Cotton Mill, an...

Bamber Bridge's 1907 cotton mill once housed 135,000 spindles — but the town's high street has never had a dedicated sweet shop, bulk or otherwise.

Sweets in Bamber Bridge: A 1907 Cotton Mill, an...

Bamber Bridge's 1907 cotton mill once housed 135,000 spindles — but the town's high street has never had a dedicated sweet shop, bulk or otherwise.

Sweets in Cheshunt: Rye House's 15th-Century Ga...

Cheshunt's Rye House was the setting of a 1683 plot to assassinate Charles II — but a 15th-century gatehouse was never built to hold bulk sweets.

Sweets in Cheshunt: Rye House's 15th-Century Ga...

Cheshunt's Rye House was the setting of a 1683 plot to assassinate Charles II — but a 15th-century gatehouse was never built to hold bulk sweets.

Sweets in Bury St Edmunds: A Market Older Than ...

Bury St Edmunds' market predates the Norman Conquest and still runs twice a week — but for bulk, vegan and halal-friendly sweets, shoppers order online instead.

Sweets in Bury St Edmunds: A Market Older Than ...

Bury St Edmunds' market predates the Norman Conquest and still runs twice a week — but for bulk, vegan and halal-friendly sweets, shoppers order online instead.