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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 ...
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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
2 The Shambles is a historic building in York, England. A Grade II listed building , part of the structure dates to the early 18th century, with alterations occurring in the early and mid-19th century, including the addition of a shopfront.
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 ...
A Walking Tour of the Shambles (Little Walks For Sightseers #16) (2002), written by Neil Gaiman and Gene Wolfe, is a novel in the form of a tour guide concerning a fictional part of Chicago called 'The Shambles'.
In livestock agriculture and the meat industry, a slaughterhouse, also called an abattoir (/ ˈ æ b ə t w ɑːr / ⓘ), is a facility where livestock animals are slaughtered to provide food. Slaughterhouses supply meat, which then becomes the responsibility of a meat-packing facility .
The upper storeys are jettied on both the Shambles and Little Shambles fronts. The ground floor was later rebuilt in brick, and the upper floors are rendered. Inside, the timber frame survives intact, including a crown post roof. [1] [2] The building was restored in 1950, and continues to serve as a shop and workshop. It was Grade II* listed in ...