Greenwich Market
Primarily arts and crafts and cottage industries. There has been a market at Greenwich since the 14th century.. The market is a a Royal Charter Market which was originally assigned to the Commissioners of Greenwich Hospital on the 19th December 1700 for 1,000 years. In 1831 the market contained traders selling live and dead meat, fish, eggs, butter, poultry, fruit and vegetables. On its periphery lay peddlers selling goods such as china, glass and earthenware. Today you can still see some of the original slaughterhouses for cattle and stables for horses. n 1845 the licensee of the Admiral Hardy pub was given permission to convert the large room over the newly built arch on College Approach into a small theatre with a tiered balcony at one end. The inscription on the arch still reads: “A false balance is an abomination to the Lord but a just weight is his delight” At the end of World War I horse traffic declined and the stables were used for storage. After World War II the wholesale fruit, veg, meat and fish stalls of Greenwich Market went through a gradual period of decline until the 1980s when it had a resurgence. The prime meridian runs through Greenwich.
Leadenhall Market
A covered market that is one of the oldest markets in London, dating back to the 14th century. . Originally a meat, game and poultry market, it stands on what was the centre of Roman London. The roof structure was designed by Sir Horace Jones in 1881. It was used to represent the area of London near The Leaky Cauldron and Diagon Alley in the film Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, and is featured in the films The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, Hereafter, Brannigan, and Love Aaj Kal. It currently sells fresh food and includes cheesemongers, butchers, florists, and some retail shops.
Berwick Street
The market was created in the 18th century, though not “officially recognized” until the 19th. The surrounding street was well known for its independent record shops especially through the 1990s into the early 21st century (including Vinyl Junkies, CD City, Sister Ray, and Mr Bongo's), however many have closed. There are also adult sex shows in venues along the street. It is predominantly a fruits and vegetables market.
Petticoat Lane Market
A clothing and fashion market on the East End of London which began in 1608. The name Petticoat Lane came from not only the sale of petticoats but from the fable that "they would steal your petticoat at one end of the market and sell it back to you at the other." Up to the end of the war it was mostly Jewish, and since then, immigrants from India and East Asia.
Spitalfields Market
There has been a market on the site since 1638 when Charles I of England gave a licence for flesh, fowl and roots to be sold on Spittle Fields - which was then a rural area on the eastern outskirts of London. The existing buildings were built in 1887 to service a wholesale market, owned by the City of London Corporation. The original w The market square of Old Spitalfields Market is a popular fashion, food, vintage and general market,holesale fruit and vegetable market moved to New Spitalfields Market in 1991. It sells everything from furniture to crafts to food.
Portobello Market
Portobello Road is a street in the Notting Hill district of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in west London. It runs almost the length of Notting Hill from south to north, roughly parallel with Ladbroke Grove. On Saturdays it is home to Portobello Road Market, one of London's notable street markets, known for its second-hand clothes and antiques. The market began as a fresh-food market in the 19th century; antiques dealers arrived in the late 1940s and '50s, and now have a substantial number of them trading mainly on Saturday mornings. It is the largest antiques market in the UK.
Camden Market ( highly recommend googling pictures of this place)
Among products sold on the stalls are crafts, clothing, bric-a-brac, and fast food and is known for its stalls that cater to certain subcultures (goth and “cybergoth”). It was established in 1974. The Stables Market is the largest section of the complex. The market is located in the historic former Pickfords stables and historical horse hospital which served the horses pulling Pickford's distribution vans and barges along the canal. Many of the stalls and shops are set in large arches in railway viaducts.
Borough Market
A wholesale and retail food market in Southwark, Central London, England. It is one of the largest and oldest food markets in London, and sells a large variety of foods from all over the world. It was first mentioned in 1276, although the market itself claims to have existed since 1014 and probably much earlier. The market is administered by 16 trustees, who have to live in the area. . Notable films with scenes filmed in the streets around the market include: Bridget Jones's Diary, Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, (1998) and Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004).[8]
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