Georgian London
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Markets

Name	Trade	Address	Specialty	Description	Established	Year
Bear Key&Queenhithe	grain & meal	docks above London Bridge
Billingsgate	fish and coal	Billingsgate Wharf on Lower Thames St.	fish and oysters	Famous for bad Language	oldest London market began about 1016	1698 est. as fishmarket -1874
Covent Garden	vegetables, herbs, flowers, hedgehogs & fruits	at Long Acre, St. Martin, Drury Lane, & the Strand	theatre & girls at night	1828-31 Charles Fowler rebuilt the market	began 1656 at Bedford House	1678 - present
Clare	meat and fish		pork	Home to butchers and greengrocers	est. by Earl of Clare in 17th century	closed 1900
Farringdon	flowers, vegetables		watercress girls	shops let for 15s per week	Established when Fleet was cleared	1830 - June 1892, now a Saturday book market
flea market	used furniture
Fleet	vegetables and, meat				set up when Stock's was displaced, rebuilt in 1839	1733 -1830
Leadenhall	meat, poultry, cheese, herbs and leather	Grace Church St.	game, poultry	contained 3 yards: beef, victuals, vegetables	Named for mansion of Neville family, rebuilt in 1666	14th century to present
Newgate St.	mutton					closed 1868
Smithfield	livestock	outside city wall	St. Bartholomew's Fair until 1855	largest meat market in England during 19th century	11th century began as Smooth field, 1855 became meat market	est 1638 by Royal Charter as Cattle market
	used clothing	at Smithfield
St. James	veal
Stocks	fruit and vegetables				moved to Farringdon St. in 1737, rebuilt in 1839	-1839
	cheese	Thames St.
Tattersall's	blooded Horses	Hyde Park Corner	Auctions	Palladian	Mayfair	est. 1766

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