STREET MARKETS,
DISAPPEARED
See
Also: HAY
Gracechurch Street; HAY
Haymarket; RAILWAY
STATIONS Charing Cross Railway Station; SLUMS & AVENUES Clare Market;
STREETS,
SPECIALISED; STREET
MARKETS; SUBTERRANEAN
RIVERS The Fleet
Cheapside
Cheapside means market place in Middle
English. It was medieval London s
broadest street and hosted the city's principal market. The names of many of the streets that run off
it recall the goods that used to be sold in them.
Until mid-19thC the street was
one of the City of London's principal retail centres.
Location: Cheapside, EC2V 6AH
(blue, orange)
See Also: DISTRICT CHANGE City Merchants;
DISTRICT CHANGE Strand;
STREETS,
SPECIALISED; MENU
The Stocks Market
In the 13thC King Edward I
allowed the rent of the market, that subsequently became the Stocks Market, to
be assigned to London Bridge's maintenance.
The Stocks Market was chosen as the site for
the mayoralty's permanent residence and in 1739 the foundation stone of the
Mansion House was lain.
Farringdon Street was built over the River
Fleet north of Ludgate Hill in order to provide a venue where the Fleet Market
(the relocated Stocks Market) could be held.
Location: The Mansion House, EC4N 8BH
(blue, yellow)
Farringdon
Street, EC1M 3JF (purple, pink)
See Also: THE LORD MAYOR OF LONDON;
SUBTERRANEAN
RIVERS The Fleet
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