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Smithfield Market, on today’s streets

Smithfield Market opened in 1817 on the filled-in moat of the de Bermingham manor house, and gained a great covered hall in 1881–83. It was cleared in the 1970s for the Wholesale Markets.

A 3D model of the covered Smithfield Market of 1883, rows of glazed roofs over brick walls, placed on today’s former markets site south of the Bullring
Smithfield Market — outline from the OS 1:500 plan of 1887–88 (simplified to its enclosing rectangle); parallel glazed roofs and arched entrances from a photograph of about 1887 (heights estimated)Landmarks standing todayBuildings standing on the site today (see-through)Buildings today (OpenStreetMap)
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