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Old Billingsgate Market in March 2014. Old Billingsgate Market is the name given to what is now a hospitality and events venue in the City of London, based in the Victorian building that was originally Billingsgate Fish Market, the world's largest fish market in the 19th century.
In 1982, the fish market was relocated to a new 13-acre (53,000 m 2) building complex on the Isle of Dogs in Poplar, close to Canary Wharf and Blackwall.The freehold owner of the site is the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, but the City of London Corporation still runs the market; they pay an annual ground rent stipulated in an agreement between the two councils as "the gift of one fish". [6]
In 1849, the fish market was moved off the streets into its own riverside building, which was subsequently demolished (c. 1873) and replaced by an arcaded-market hall (designed by City architect Horace Jones, built by John Mowlem) in 1875. [3] In 1982, Billingsgate Fish Market was relocated to its present location close to Canary Wharf in east ...
The Smithfield and Billingsgate markets have a long history in the city of London, and date back nearly 900 years. They will permanently close in the coming years. Two historic London food markets ...
Smithfield and Billingsgate markets, which have traded in London for hundreds of years, face the axe. London's 850-year-old food markets to close Skip to main content
A Roman hypocaust was found during the excavation of the building's foundations, part of the Roman house at Billingsgate, and preserved in its basement and is now a scheduled monument. The south and west fronts, facing the streets, were built in Italianate style from Portland stone , with four floors, measuring 112 feet (34 m) wide and 61 feet ...
Old Billingsgate Market, a fish market, relocated in 1982 [5] to Billingsgate Market, Poplar. [6] The original elegant building facing the river is now used as a hospitality and events venue. Leadenhall Market, a food-centred market, continues to operate with many of the market spaces converted to retail outlets. [7]
The fish in this photo is a reference to the South Street Seaport Mall's history: It was built on the old Fulton Fish Market building. This photo showing shoppers in the mall's glass atrium was ...