Collection CLA/010 - BILLINGSGATE MARKET

15.6 linear metres

Records received by the Corporation of London Records Office from Billingsgate Market in Aug 1971 and Dec 1981.
CLA/010 1699-1995 Collection 15.6 linear metres Corporation of London

Billingsgate Market is the oldest of the markets owned by the Corporation of London. The earliest reference to the market is found in a monastic chronicle which records laws for the regulation of the customs on ships at 'Blynesgate' made by King Ethelred in AD 976. The citizens of London were granted the right to collect tolls at Billingsgate in 1400 by Henry IV. In May 1699 an Act of Parliament conferred special privileges on the market, which was declared an open market for the sale of fish six days in the week, with mackerel to be sold on Sundays.

Originally fish was sold from stalls and sheds around the dock at Billingsgate. In 1850 a market building was constructed on Lower Thames Street but it proved to be inadequate and was demolished in 1873 to make way for the building which still stands today. Designed by Sir Horace Jones (who also designed Leadenhall and Smithfield markets), Billingsgate opened in 1876. The building is now a landmark Grade 2 listed structure.

The Billingsgate Market Acts of 1846 and 1871 and the City of London (Various Powers) Acts of 1973, 1979, 1987 and 1990, have confirmed the City's role as the Market Authority and laid down its responsibilities and rights, including the making of regulations, byelaws and the collection of tolls, rents and other charges. The Billingsgate and Leadenhall markets were controlled by the same superintendent who reported back to the Market Committee of the City of London.

Records received by the Corporation of London Records Office from Billingsgate Market in Aug 1971 and Dec 1981.

Corporation of London Records Office.

Papers of Billingsgate Market, City of London, including monthly returns, 1879-1962; tonnage of deliveries of foreign fish, 1935-1939 and 1961-1973; tonnage of deliveries by rail, 1936-1966; tonnage of deliveries by road, 1939-1975; rents and tenancy agreements, 1855-1919; rent ledgers, 1941-1967; dues and tolls, 1827-1889; receipts, payments, statistics and other accounts, 1721-1975; administrative papers including orders, acts, petitions, letters and minutes, 1699-1953; reports of the Superintendent to the Billingsgate and Leadenhall Markets Committee, 1885-1967; porter's licences, c1877-1948; pension fund books, 1893-1968 and disbursements and wages, 1934-1969. Also historical accounts and articles about the market, 1869-1985.

In sections according to the catalogue.

These records are available for public inspection, although records containing personal information are subject to access restrictions under the UK Data Protection Act, 1998.

Copyright: City of London.
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Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

For Corporation of London records relating to Markets see: CLA/009: Markets, CLA/010: Billingsgate Market, CLA/011: Leadenhall Market, CLA/012: Foreign Cattle Market, Deptford, CLA/013: Spitalfields market, CLA/014: Newgate Market, CLA/015: Metropolitan Cattle Market, CLA/016: Smithfield Market, CLA/017: London Central Markets, Smithfield, CLA/073: Coal Exchange and Market, COL/CC/BLM: Court of Common Council Billingsgate and Leadenhall Markets Committee, COL/CC/CEM: Court of Common Council Central Markets Committee, COL/CC/CTM: Court of Common Council Cattle Markets Committee, COL/CC/MKC: Court of Common Council Markets Committee, COL/CC/MRI: Court of Common Council Markets Improvement Committee, COL/CC/MRJ: Court of Common Council Joint Markets Advisory Committee, COL/CC/MRK: Markets Committee, COL/CC/MRS: Select Markets Committee (Smithfield Fruit and Vegetable Market), COL/CC/SMC: Special Markets Committee, COL/CC/SPM: Spitalfields Market Committee, COL/CCS: Comptroller and City Solicitor, COL/CCS/CO: Comptroller, COL/CH: Charters, COL/CHD/RN: Chamberlain's Department: Rents and Rentals, COL/PL: Plans, COL/PLD/PL: Planning Department Plans, COL/SVD/PL: Surveyor's Department Plans, COL/TSD/PL: Technical Services Department Plans.

See also COL/CC/FSC: Court of Common Council Fish Supply Committee.

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997. February 2009 London City of London Europe Billingsgate and Leadenhall Markets Committee , Markets Committee , Corporation of London Billingsgate Market , Corporation of London Commercial premises Jones , Sir , Horace , 1819-1887 , Knight , architect Fishmarkets Fish trade Organisation and management Administration Administrative history Trade (practice) Retail trade Street trading England UK Western Europe Covered markets

Corporation of London Records Office.

Papers of Billingsgate Market, City of London, including monthly returns, 1879-1962; tonnage of deliveries of foreign fish, 1935-1939 and 1961-1973; tonnage of deliveries by rail, 1936-1966; tonnage of deliveries by road, 1939-1975; rents and tenancy agreements, 1855-1919; rent ledgers, 1941-1967; dues and tolls, 1827-1889; receipts, payments, statistics and other accounts, 1721-1975; administrative papers including orders, acts, petitions, letters and minutes, 1699-1953; reports of the Superintendent to the Billingsgate and Leadenhall Markets Committee, 1885-1967; porter's licences, c1877-1948; pension fund books, 1893-1968 and disbursements and wages, 1934-1969. Also historical accounts and articles about the market, 1869-1985.

In sections according to the catalogue.

These records are available for public inspection, although records containing personal information are subject to access restrictions under the UK Data Protection Act, 1998.

Copyright: City of London.

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For Corporation of London records relating to Markets see: CLA/009: Markets, CLA/010: Billingsgate Market, CLA/011: Leadenhall Market, CLA/012: Foreign Cattle Market, Deptford, CLA/013: Spitalfields market, CLA/014: Newgate Market, CLA/015: Metropolitan Cattle Market, CLA/016: Smithfield Market, CLA/017: London Central Markets, Smithfield, CLA/073: Coal Exchange and Market, COL/CC/BLM: Court of Common Council Billingsgate and Leadenhall Markets Committee, COL/CC/CEM: Court of Common Council Central Markets Committee, COL/CC/CTM: Court of Common Council Cattle Markets Committee, COL/CC/MKC: Court of Common Council Markets Committee, COL/CC/MRI: Court of Common Council Markets Improvement Committee, COL/CC/MRJ: Court of Common Council Joint Markets Advisory Committee, COL/CC/MRK: Markets Committee, COL/CC/MRS: Select Markets Committee (Smithfield Fruit and Vegetable Market), COL/CC/SMC: Special Markets Committee, COL/CC/SPM: Spitalfields Market Committee, COL/CCS: Comptroller and City Solicitor, COL/CCS/CO: Comptroller, COL/CH: Charters, COL/CHD/RN: Chamberlain's Department: Rents and Rentals, COL/PL: Plans, COL/PLD/PL: Planning Department Plans, COL/SVD/PL: Surveyor's Department Plans, COL/TSD/PL: Technical Services Department Plans.

See also COL/CC/FSC: Court of Common Council Fish Supply Committee.

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

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