Close-up view of a plaque marking the site of the former Stocks Market, City of London,

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The Stocks Market was established on the site of where the London Mansion House sits today. The Stocks Market was a centre for the selling of livestock and other goods from ‘trusted’ merchants – anyone selling rotten fish and fruit were driven away from the site by the market managers – and Henry le Walleis gave the lease income from the market for the funding of repairs and maintenance of the London Bridge. The London Stocks Market was rebuilt many times and, by 1675, was a major hub for trade and life in London, particularly financial trade. Stocks Market ended in 1737 to make way for the Mansion House. Meanwhile, during this period, the main reason why London had become such a hub of finance is largely thanks to the vision of Sir Thomas Gresham, 1519 – 1579, banker to Queen Elizabeth I

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Size: 4911px × 3423px
Location: Mansion House, City of London.
Photo credit: © John Gaffen 2 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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