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Smithfield (also known as West Smithfield ) is an area of the City of London, in the ward of Farringdon Without. It is located in the north-west part of the City of London, and is mostly known for ...
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In 1860 the City of London obtained an Act of Parliament (The Metropolitan Meat and Poultry Market Act of 1860), allowing the construction of new buildings on the Smithfield site. Work began in 1866 on the two main sections of the market, the East and West Buildings.
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Smithfield Meat Market is the main meat market for London and the largest in the world, covering as it does, 10 acres of land. From about the 12th century up until 1855 the site had been used as a live cattle market, which is when the meat market moved from Smithfield to its present site in Charterhouse Street...
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Smithfield Meat Market - Guide and map of London with a 360° panorama of Smithfield Meat Market. Sight, attraction and travel guide to London with panoramic images and pictures linked to a Google map. Visit London, Explore England. ... Smithfield Meat Market (picture by Peter Watts)
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Recently the market has undergone a seventy million pound refurbishment and is now considered the most modern meat market in Europe. The building itself is a huge Victorian grade II listed building. The name Smithfield comes from the first documented description of the market, described as a 'smooth field'.
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A cattle drive by Smithfield Market ; A day in St John Street, City of London, 19th June 2004; Smithfield market is one of London's oldest markets, where meat has been bought and sold for over 800 years. A livestock market occupied the site as early as the 10th century. View inside Smithfield Meat market;
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Smithfield Meat Market designed by Sir Horace Jones. 1866. Photograph c. 1895. Charles Dickens's Great Expectations, which appeared serially in 1860 and 1861, describes the market this one replaced: "I came into Smithfield, and the shameful place, being all asmear with filth and fat and blood and foam, seemed to stick to me.
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Markets and Street Life: Smithfield Meat Market ... Designed by Sir Horace Jones and opened in 1868, this famous London Meat Market gets into action VERY early at around 4am (Mon-Fri) and it is all over by 8am. I visited on a Saturday and it was very quiet with just security staff wandering round.
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