London’s 850-Year-Old Smithfield Meat Market Is Set to Close
The historic site in Britain’s capital has been a market for centuries. The local authority voted this week to close it.
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Smithfield's 900 years of blood and guts: How traders at London's oldest meat market worked in Dickensian 'filth and mire' for centuries - as gruesome executions took place ...
Just a few hundred feet separated the site where Scottish leader William Wallace - and many more besides him - was horrifically put to death and what is now Smithfield Market in central London.
Butchers tell of 'nightmare' as Smithfield market set to close after 900 years
Butchers tell of 'nightmare' as Smithfield market set to close after 900 years - ‘It’s going to be a nightmare for some of ...
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Smithfield Market to close after 900 years, following City vote
Smithfield market’s owners, the City of London Corporation, had planned to relocate Smithfield and Canary Wharf’s Billingsgate fish market to the east-end suburb, but on Tuesday the body’s ...
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Smithfield meat market to close: ‘Farringdon will be losing part of its history’
The fate of City institution Smithfield market was decided yesterday, with the City of London Corporation announcing the last chops will be sold after 2028. Local business owners reacted with ...
London’s Smithfield Market at Risk of Closure After More Than 800 Years
London's historic Smithfield meat market is at risk of being closed for good at a vote in the City of London. The City of ...