Smithfield

area, London, United Kingdom
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Smithfield, area in the northwestern part of the City of London. It is famous for its meat market (the London Central Meat Market), one of the largest of its kind in the world. From 1133 until 1855 the site was used for the Bartholomew Fair, a cloth and meat market that later became known as a raucous entertainment centre. A weekly horse market was held there in the 1100s, and the site was also used for jousting and as a place of execution. It was the site of the rebel Wat Tyler’s fatal meeting with Richard II in 1381. In ...(100 of 214 words)