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Alexander, 8th Earl of Eglinton obtained an Act of Parliament in 1672 for an annual fair and weekly market in the " toun of Eagleshame ".

By the time the New Statistical Account for Scotland was published in 1845 the weekly market had long been discontinued and a flower show was held in place of fairs.

The fair was revived in 1961 and in recent years is held bi-annually in May or June and traditionally opens with a procession parading through the village.