ford ▁( now ▁Bar ford ▁St . ▁Michael ), ▁so ▁the ▁two ▁par ishes ▁would ▁have ▁to ▁be ▁incl osed ▁at ▁the ▁same ▁time . ▁According ly , ▁in ▁ 1 8 0 8 ▁Parliament ▁passed ▁a ▁private ▁member ' s ▁bill ▁that ▁was ▁the ▁incl os ure ▁act ▁for ▁D ed d ington ▁and ▁Great ▁Bar ford . ▁ ▁Com mer cial ▁and ▁social ▁history ▁ ▁When ▁D ed d ington ▁became ▁a ▁market ▁town ▁is ▁not ▁known , ▁but ▁may ▁have ▁been ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 2 th ▁century . ▁By ▁ 1 3 9 3 ▁it ▁was ▁char tered ▁to ▁hold ▁two ▁annual ▁three - day ▁fair s : ▁one ▁starting ▁on ▁ 1 5 ▁July ▁and ▁the ▁other ▁on ▁Martin mas ▁( 1 1 ▁November ). ▁By ▁ 1 5 9 1 ▁the ▁July ▁fair ▁had ▁been ▁replaced ▁by ▁one ▁on ▁St ▁Lawrence ' s ▁day ▁( 1 0 ▁August ). ▁In ▁ 1 7 8 0 ▁a ▁third ▁annual ▁fair ▁was ▁introduced ▁on ▁ 1 1 ▁October . ▁ ▁The ▁Martin mas ▁fair ▁was ▁the ▁most ▁important , ▁and ▁came ▁to ▁be ▁called ▁the ▁" p ud ding - pie ▁fair " ▁after ▁a ▁type ▁of ▁pl um ▁p ud ding ▁in ▁hard - cr ust ▁pas try ▁that ▁was ▁b aked ▁in ▁great ▁numbers ▁for ▁the ▁occasion . ▁By ▁the ▁early ▁ 1 9 th ▁century ▁the ▁fair ▁had ▁been ▁moved ▁from ▁Martin mas ▁to ▁ 2 2 ▁November . ▁By ▁ 1 8 6 3 ▁the