Metropolitan Cattle Market
Other Business Names:
- Caledonian Market
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Islington, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
Sectors:
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Distribution - wholesaling, broking, market trading, etc
Livestock distribution inc droving & auctioneering
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Distribution - markets
Local wholesale & retail markets, fairs, etc, trading
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Distribution - wholesaling, broking, market trading, etc
Meat distribution
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Food & tobacco processing
Meat processing
Notes:
Established in Islington, close to railways at Kings Cross, in 1855 by Corporation of London in order to relieve Smithfield Market. Covered 30 acres and dealt in live cattle, sheep and pigs. Also processed meat in slaughter houses. In decline in early 20th century when a flea market developed, then more often referred to as the Caledonian Market, which, by late 1930s, had largely moved to south London. Closed 1963 [2023]
Publications:
- Meat, Commerce and the City. The London food market, 1800-1855 by Metcalfe, Robyn S
- 'Metropolitan Cattle Market' in W J Passingham, London's Markets. Their origin and history by Passingham, William J
- Opening of the New Slaughterhouses and Chill Rooms, Metropolitan Cattle Market, Islington by Unknown
- Up the Cally. The history and recollections of London's old Caledonian Market by Edwards, Marjorie
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Caledonian Market
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Islington, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
Sectors:
- Distribution - wholesaling, broking, market trading, etc Livestock distribution inc droving & auctioneering
- Distribution - markets Local wholesale & retail markets, fairs, etc, trading
- Distribution - wholesaling, broking, market trading, etc Meat distribution
- Food & tobacco processing Meat processing
Notes:
Established in Islington, close to railways at Kings Cross, in 1855 by Corporation of London in order to relieve Smithfield Market. Covered 30 acres and dealt in live cattle, sheep and pigs. Also processed meat in slaughter houses. In decline in early 20th century when a flea market developed, then more often referred to as the Caledonian Market, which, by late 1930s, had largely moved to south London. Closed 1963 [2023]Publications:
- Meat, Commerce and the City. The London food market, 1800-1855 by Metcalfe, Robyn S
- 'Metropolitan Cattle Market' in W J Passingham, London's Markets. Their origin and history by Passingham, William J
- Opening of the New Slaughterhouses and Chill Rooms, Metropolitan Cattle Market, Islington by Unknown
- Up the Cally. The history and recollections of London's old Caledonian Market by Edwards, Marjorie