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Billingsgate Fish Market is located in Poplar 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 originally established. In its original location in the 19th century, Billingsgate was the largest fish market in the world.[1]

  1. ^ Dunton, Larkin (1896). The World and Its People. Silver, Burdett. p. 24.

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to the market; but competition from Billingsgate Fish Market meant that it was never built, and traders preferred selling outdoors. The market closed...

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particularly from the Dutch fishing boats landing catches at Billingsgate Fish Market.[citation needed] During World War II, government food rationing...

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and Hampstead Heath. The Corporation owns Old Spitalfields Market and Billingsgate Fish Market, in the neighbouring London Borough of Tower Hamlets. It...

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Tovey lived in Bow. His father, Frank Tovey, Sr. was a porter in Billingsgate Fish Market. At school, Francis tried to learn many different musical instruments...

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the architect of Billingsgate and Smithfield Markets), make Leadenhall Market a tourist attraction. The main entrance to the market is on Gracechurch...

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to provide wholesale markets through legislation enacted in the Victorian era. It proposes to relocate Billingsgate Fish Market (currently in Poplar)...

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wif (woman). London's traditional fish market was frequented by such types who were known as "the wives of Billingsgate". "They dressed in strong 'stuff'...

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called Finn Fish Street Hill, Fish Wharf and Old Fish Street Hill – after the former local fish trade here, centred on Billingsgate Fish Market Fishmongers...

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Creek. There is also a tunnel between Cottons centre and the old Billingsgate Fish Market near to London Bridge. Citibank used it for cabling at one point;...

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