Billingsgate Fish Market
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- London, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
Sectors:
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Distribution - markets
Commodity market trading
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Distribution - wholesaling, broking, market trading, etc
Fish & whale inc products distribution
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Distribution - markets
Local wholesale & retail markets, fairs, etc, trading
Notes:
Ancient City of London market which initially handled a wide range of goods before focusing on fish from the 16th century. First central market building constructed in 1850. 1982 relocated from City of London to Docklands. Continues as largest UK inland fish market. The Corporation of London has for long acted as market authority
Publications:
- Billingsgate. A central metropolitan market by Bird, J H
- 'Billingsgate' in W J Passingham, London's Markets. Their origin and history by Passingham, William J
- Bygone Billingsgate by Manton, Colin, & John Edwards
- 'Fish. Billingsgate' in M C Borer, England's Markets. The story of Britain's main channels of trade by Borer, Mary Cathcart
- 'Fish supply to Billingsgate Market from the nineteenth century to the Second World War' in T C Barker & J Yudkin (eds), Fish in Britain by Stern, Walter M
- Food of London. A sketch of the chief varieties, sources of supply, probable quantities, modes of arrival, processes of manufacture, suspected adulteration and machinery of distribution by Dodd, George
- History of Billingsgate by Tabor, C J
- The Baroness's market. The history of a noble failure by Stern, Walter M
Groups:
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- London, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
Sectors:
- Distribution - markets Commodity market trading
- Distribution - wholesaling, broking, market trading, etc Fish & whale inc products distribution
- Distribution - markets Local wholesale & retail markets, fairs, etc, trading
Notes:
Ancient City of London market which initially handled a wide range of goods before focusing on fish from the 16th century. First central market building constructed in 1850. 1982 relocated from City of London to Docklands. Continues as largest UK inland fish market. The Corporation of London has for long acted as market authorityPublications:
- Billingsgate. A central metropolitan market by Bird, J H
- 'Billingsgate' in W J Passingham, London's Markets. Their origin and history by Passingham, William J
- Bygone Billingsgate by Manton, Colin, & John Edwards
- 'Fish. Billingsgate' in M C Borer, England's Markets. The story of Britain's main channels of trade by Borer, Mary Cathcart
- 'Fish supply to Billingsgate Market from the nineteenth century to the Second World War' in T C Barker & J Yudkin (eds), Fish in Britain by Stern, Walter M
- Food of London. A sketch of the chief varieties, sources of supply, probable quantities, modes of arrival, processes of manufacture, suspected adulteration and machinery of distribution by Dodd, George
- History of Billingsgate by Tabor, C J
- The Baroness's market. The history of a noble failure by Stern, Walter M