Columbia Road Market
Other Business Names:
- Coutts, Baroness Angela Burdett
- Corporation of London
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Shoreditch, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
Sectors:
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Distribution - wholesaling, broking, market trading, etc
Fish & whale inc products distribution
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Distribution - markets
Local wholesale & retail markets, fairs, etc, trading
Notes:
Built 1864-69 by Baroness Angela Burdett-Coutts as a philanthropic measure to assist poor of East London in purchase of cheap and fresh food. Comprised a covered market. Unsuccessful and in 1870 relaunched as a wholesale/retail fish market. Again unsuccessful and in 1871 transferred to Corporation of London. Again unsuccessful and transferred back to Burdett-Coutts in 1874. Closed 1885. Demolished post 1945
Publications:
- The Baroness's market. The history of a noble failure by Stern, Walter M
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Coutts, Baroness Angela Burdett
- Corporation of London
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Shoreditch, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
Sectors:
- Distribution - wholesaling, broking, market trading, etc Fish & whale inc products distribution
- Distribution - markets Local wholesale & retail markets, fairs, etc, trading
Notes:
Built 1864-69 by Baroness Angela Burdett-Coutts as a philanthropic measure to assist poor of East London in purchase of cheap and fresh food. Comprised a covered market. Unsuccessful and in 1870 relaunched as a wholesale/retail fish market. Again unsuccessful and in 1871 transferred to Corporation of London. Again unsuccessful and transferred back to Burdett-Coutts in 1874. Closed 1885. Demolished post 1945Publications:
- The Baroness's market. The history of a noble failure by Stern, Walter M