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The New York Times · 4d

London’s 850-Year-Old Smithfield Meat Market Is Set to Close

The historic site in Britain’s capital has been a market for centuries. The local authority voted this week to close it.

BBC on MSN · 2d

Smithfield and Billingsgate: The end looms for two London markets

London's historic Smithfield and Billingsgate markets are set to shut after the City of London Corporation voted to withdraw support for them, bringing down the curtain on two establishments that have been part of London life for the best part of a millennium.

Bloomberg L.P. · 6d

London’s Smithfield Market at Risk of Closure After More Than 800 Years

London's historic Smithfield meat market is at risk of being closed for good at a vote in the City of London. The City of London Corporation, which owns and operates the site, has previously planned to relocate the market and Billingsgate fish market to a new £1 billion development in Dagenham.

2d

Sham urbanity dispatches Smithfield to the knacker’s yard

The City of London’s closure of the old meat market displays an insulting disrespect for trade and civic pride ...

i5dOpinion

As a butcher I salute Smithfield – but it hasn’t caught up with the times

Larger meat merchants and food wholesalers have prided themselves in a 'stack it high and sell it cheap' model ...

5don MSN

‘Smithfield is British history – but we’re being kicked out so they can fill the space with cafes’

It is shortly after 4am in central London and a fleet of white transit vans is pulling into parking bays. Porters bent double ...

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