The last Bartholomew Fair is held in…
September 1855 CE
The last Bartholomew Fair is held in London, England on September 3, 1855.
The Bartholomew Fair is one of London's pre-eminent summer Charter fairs.
A charter for the fair had been granted to Rahere by Henry I to fund the Priory of St Bartholomew; and from 1133 to 1855 it has taken place each year on August 24 within the precincts of the Priory at West Smithfield, outside Aldersgate of the City of London.
The fair had continued after the Dissolution within the Liberty of the parish of St Bartholomew-the-Great.
The fair is suppressed in 1855 by the City authorities for encouraging debauchery and public disorder.