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The large number of street markets in London is due to the 1327 granting of market rights to the City of London. This allowed the city to control the establishment of markets within a radius of six and two thirds miles [10.7 km] being the distance a person could be expected to walk to market, sell his produce and return in a day . [ 2 ]
Borough Market This is a list of markets in London. Greater London is home to a wealth of covered, outdoor and street markets. Many specialise in a particular type of goods or sell different things on different days. Most open very early in the morning and close early or late afternoon. Markets in London have their origins in the Middle Ages and ancient charter; set up to serve the population ...
Petticoat Lane Market is a fashion and clothing market in Spitalfields, London. It consists of two adjacent street markets. It consists of two adjacent street markets. Wentworth Street Market is open six days a week [ 1 ] and Middlesex Street Market is open on Sunday only.
Cheapside is the former site of one of the principal produce markets in London, cheap broadly meaning "market" in medieval English. Many of the streets feeding into the main thoroughfare are named after the produce that was once sold in those areas of the market, including Honey Lane, Milk Street, Bread Street and Poultry.
Whitechapel Road market, also known as Whitechapel Market [3] is a long-established historic London outdoor street market managed by the London Borough of Tower Hamlets which is centered on the A11 thoroughfare of the same name in Whitechapel in the East End of London, next to Whitechapel station and is the focus point of the Whitechapel Market Conservation Area that was set up in 1997 and ...
East Street is in the London Borough of Southwark and is between Walworth Road on the western side and the Old Kent Road on the Eastern side. The market runs down East Street from the junction with Walworth Road to Dawes Street, passing East Street Baptist Church and a multitude of shops. The main entrance to the market is from Walworth Road.
The Market probably started at this time. Less than sixty years later Henry Mayhew lists a 300 pitch market at the Brill and on Chapel Street, [2] the second largest street market in London after Hampstead Road and Tottenham Court Road. The market was named The Brill after the Brill House tavern at the western end of the street.
Watney Market is an outdoor street market in London, England. The market is situated on the pedestrianised northern portion of Watney Street, which connects Commercial Road and Shadwell DLR station. Located between Whitechapel and Shadwell, the market operates Monday to Saturday, 8.30am to 6pm, with vendors selling a variety of goods. [2]