London and its environs : a practical guide to the metropolis and its vicinity, illustrated by maps, plans and views . Market, for fleshmeat, between Newgate Street and St. Pauls ; Leadenhall Market,Leadenhall Street, for poultry, game, butcher meat, vegetables,etc.; Farringdon Market, Farringdon Street, where water-cressespredominate over other articles. The site and buildings cost£250,000, opened in 1829 ; Hungerford Market, Strand, ageneral market, which will probably be shortly removed, to makeway for a railway station. The market buildings were erectedby Iklr. Fowler in 1832-3 for a publi
London and its environs : a practical guide to the metropolis and its vicinity, illustrated by maps, plans and views . Market, for fleshmeat, between Newgate Street and St. Pauls ; Leadenhall Market,Leadenhall Street, for poultry, game, butcher meat, vegetables,etc.; Farringdon Market, Farringdon Street, where water-cressespredominate over other articles. The site and buildings cost£250,000, opened in 1829 ; Hungerford Market, Strand, ageneral market, which will probably be shortly removed, to makeway for a railway station. The market buildings were erectedby Iklr. Fowler in 1832-3 for a public company. The name is MARKETS. 291 derived from Sir Edward Hungerford, who in 1680 had propertyhere. For horses the great mart is TattersalVs, Grosvenor Place,Hyde Park Comer, where they are disposed of by auction onMondays throughout the year, and on Thursdays in is also the head-quarters of racing men, there beinga subscription room here where turfites of all grades meet tomake and settle bets. The betting on the most interesting events is regularly quoted in the newspapers. ^3 ii,m^=^ .1 I. caveat emfpor. CHAPTER THE TWENTY-SEyE:NTH. Breweries and other Industrial Establishments. Strangers interested in industrial operations would, if properly-introduced, have no difficulty in obtaining permission to inspectsome of the great engineering works, such as Maudslay and Fieldsin Westminster Road, Lambeth, or some of those at manufacture of gas on a large scale, as conducted by someof the great companies, is also an interesting sight. The greatdrainage works, now being carried on by the Metropolitan Boardof Works, may be seen by application to the chief clerk, at theoffice in Spring Gardens, who should be asked which, for thetime being, is the most available point to visit. The j)rintiQgestablishment of the Times newspaper, in Printing-House Square,Blackfriars, is highly deserving of a visit, and may be seen byticket obtained from the printer. Mes
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