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"Shambles" is an obsolete term for an open-air slaughterhouse and meat market.Streets of that name were so called from having been the sites on which butchers killed and dressed animals for consumption (One source suggests that the term derives from "Shammel", an Anglo-Saxon word for shelves that stores used to display their wares, [2] while another indicates that by AD 971 "shamble" meant a ...
Shambles is an obsolete term for an open-air slaughterhouse and meat market. Shambles or The Shambles may also refer to: The Shambles, a historic street in York, England; Shambles, a reconstruction of butcher's market stalls in Shepton Mallet, England; Shambles Square, Manchester, England; Shambles Glacier, Adelaide Island, Antarctica
In March 1963, the entire central part of the Market Hall building was destroyed by a fire which started in the newspaper's paper store, on the first floor. [7] The Borough Council, on the casting vote of Monmouth's mayor, decided that the building should be restored rather than demolished to provide space for car parking, although lack of funds meant that the upper storey and clock tower ...
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6 The Shambles is a historic building in York, England. A Grade II listed building , part of the structure dates to the late 18th century, with a renovation occurring in the 20th century, including the addition of a shopfront.
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The Shambles (/ ʃ ˈ æ m b əl z / ⓘ) is a Grade II listed monument located in Shepton Mallet, Somerset, England. It is a twentieth-century reconstruction of butcher 's market stalls that once lined the market place at Shepton Mallet.