Old Billingsgate Market is the name given to what is now a hospitality and events venue in the

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, based in the Victorian building that was originally

Billingsgate Fish Market Billingsgate Fish Market is located in Canary Wharf in London. It is the United Kingdom's largest inland fish market. It takes its name from Billingsgate, a ward in the south-east corner of the City of London, where the riverside market was or ...

, the world's largest

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in the 19th century. The first Billingsgate Market building was constructed on

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in 1850 by the builder

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, and the fish market was moved off the streets into its new riverside building. This was demolished in around 1873 and replaced by an arcaded market hall designed by City architect Horace Jones and built by John Mowlem & Co. in 1875, the building that still stands on the site today.History of Billingsgate
accessed 21 May 2007 In 1982, the fish market itself was relocated to a new site on the

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in east London. The 1875 building was then refurbished by architect

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, originally to provide office accommodation. Now used as an events venue, it remains a major London landmark and a notable

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Gallery

File:Old Billingsgate Market Mars 2014 02.jpg, Thames facing (south) view of the market File:Old Billingsgate Market from Shard London Bridge. Evening 2019-09-22.jpg, View of the market from

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File:Old billingsgate london weathervane.jpg, Weathervane detail File:Old billingsgate market door detail.jpg, Door detail File:Billingsgate Fish Market. ILN 1876.jpg, Market in 1876

References

External links

Official website
Commercial buildings completed in 1875 Grade II listed buildings in the City of London History of the City of London Former retail markets in London 1850 establishments in England no:Billingsgate Market {{UK-listed-building-stub