Honey Lane Market was an historic market near

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in the

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. It was built at the south end of Milk Street on the site of the parish church of St Mary Magdalen and

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after the areas destruction in the Great Fire of London in 1666, and the market took over the area. The market at one time had 105 butchers' stalls."Honey Lane Market"
in Edward Hatton noted in 1708 that the market was known for its meat, fish, and poultry.Milk Street.

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. Retrieved 6 February 2018. By 1835, the

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was built on part of the market site facing Milk Street on the corner with

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."Honey Lane Market"
in Hibbert et al., ''The London Encyclopaedia'', p. 413. It was paid for with money bequeathed for the purpose by

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, city clerk in the reign of

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. The school grew rapidly and in 1883 it moved to larger quarters on the

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. It was noted in 1927 that the market "retains much of its original semi-enclosed plan". There were many food shops, "though wholesale premises are gradually encroaching on the space". Honey Lane was completely destroyed and the surrounding area seriously damaged by German bombing on 29 December 1940."Milk Street EC2" in Al Smith (1970) ''Dictionary of City of London Street Names''. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. p. 139. In the postwar reconstruction the market fell within a parcel of land (along with Milk Street Buildings, Freeman's Court,

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and Lawrence Lane) covering 53,434 square feet, referred to as No. 11. The cost of reconstruction of the parcel of land was estimated at £520,500 (in 1952) with costs to tax payers turned into a surplus by 2013. The current Honey Lane, a breezeway, is approximately 100 feet east of the old one and connects Cheapside and

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