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The City Markets

Education + Training

ISSN: 0040-0912

Article publication date: 1 September 1980

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Abstract

We know little of the earliest origins of Billingsgate — we can only conjecture that at some point in or near the City there must have been from the earliest stage wharves for the off‐loading of fish, and a market place for their sale. So it is not surprising that it is uncertain as to what date can be “fixed” for the foundation of Billingsgate. It seems pointless to try to base any such date on the name itself. What does it profit to theorise whether Billingsgate was the water gate of Billing, or whether the name derives from an ancient king Bellin, or whether it descends from the Saxon customs place of Blynesgate?

Citation

Allen OBE, B. (1980), "The City Markets", Education + Training, Vol. 22 No. 9, pp. 283-286. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb016784

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MCB UP Ltd

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