smithfield Archive
London Markets
Visiting Smithfield Meat Market: Many people are unaware that this unique shopping experience is open to the general public. Smithfield is Britain’s largest wholesale meat market and where
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City of London Timeline
1066 Norman Conquest. 1067 Tower of London, construction begins. 1123 St.Bartholomew’s Hospital founded. 1155 The Weavers become the city’s first Guild. 1189 Henry Fitz-Ailwyn becomes London’s first
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City of London Timeline
1501 First printing press in Fleet Street. 1515 Financed based ‘Pecking Order’ of Guilds established (No.1 Mercers). 1535 Sir Thomas More executed on Tower Hill, 6th July.
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