What is Newmarket famous for?
Today, Newmarket is still known as “Headquarters” in the racing world and it is one of the world’s leading horseracing venues and equine centres. It is also a leading centre of equine medicine and the research done here has benefitted many poorer areas of the world. Newmarket has always been a market town. That’s why its Main Street is considered the heart of the community. The Town was founded as a trading post and milling centre in 1801 where the river cuts the old native trail (Water and Main Streets).Newmarket itself, however, only appeared around 1200 AD, when Sir Richard de Argentein married Cassandra of Exning. He received land as part of her dowry, and obtained permission from the King to hold a new twice-weekly market there – this thrived, and the medieval town which grew around it was named ‘Newmarket’.
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