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Baltic Exchange

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London, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England

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Distribution - markets Commodity market trading
Distribution - wholesaling, broking, market trading, etc Grain, flour, malt, etc, distribution inc corn merchants

Notes:

First corn exchange ['Old Exchange'] built 1747, extended 1827 and 1850, rebuilt 1880s. 'New Exchange' adjoining it built 1828. Amalgamated 1929. Reopened after wartime destruction 1954. Moved to Baltic Exchange 1987

Publications:

'Corn Exchange' in C Knight (ed), London. Volume 3 by Platt, J C
'Corn Exchange' in S W Dowling, Exchanges of London by Dowling, S W
'Corn' in W J Passingham, London's Markets. Their origin and history by Passingham, William J
Foundation of the Mark Lane Corn Exchange by Robertson, Andrew B
'Grain. The Corn Exchange' in M C Borer, England's Markets. The story of Britain's main channels of trade by Borer, Mary Cathcart
'Organization of the grain markets to 1914' and 'Grain markets since 1914' in G L Rees, Britain's Commodity Markets by Rees, Graham L

London Corn Exchange

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