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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 ...
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 .
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.
[2] [3] The arcade of slaughterhouses (or Shambles) beneath the Market Hall, above the River Monnow, with the modern museum extension above. The prize was won by local architect George Vaughan Maddox, who proposed a new road running to the west of the town centre, immediately above the bank of the River Monnow.
A slaughterhouse or abattoir is a facility that specializes in killing animals for meat. ... Shambles, Shepton Mallet; Stroud; Melbourne: Metropolitan Meat Market;
30 The Shambles is a Grade II listed building building in York, England. Part of the structure dates to the mid-18th century and part was rebuilt around 200 years later. [1] Per Historic England, the building is composed of orange brown brick "in a random bond". It features timber-boxed eaves and a pantile roof.
The Shambles is an American power pop and rock group from San Diego, California. [1] [2]Formed in 1990 from members of other regional bands, The Shambles have released numerous CDs, LPs and 7-inch singles, have toured extensively in the United States, and performed in the UK (including an appearance at the Marquee Club in London), Mexico, and Spain.