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	Billingsgate Fish Co. Limited
		The exact origin of the name Billingsgate is lost in the mists of time.
		Billingsgate evolved over time into the most important center for fish distribution in the London area.
		The particular attraction between Billingsgate and the young tram driver was never properly explained, however 1907 saw an ambitious new Canadian purchasing a pony and trap in an attempt to bring the London Billingsgate-type of distribution and service to the sparsely settled Prairies of Canada, and the future city of Calgary.
	www.billingsgate.com /about/history.html (711 words)

	Billingsgate Fish Market - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Billingsgate's former premises in the City of London in 1876.
		Billingsgate Wharf, close to Lower Thames Street, became the centre of a fish market during the 16th and 17th centuries, but did not become formally established until an Act of Parliament in 1699.
		In 1982, the fish market was relocated to a new 13-acre (53,000 m²) building complex close to Canary Wharf in Docklands.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Billingsgate_Fish_Market (310 words)

	Old Billingsgate (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Billingsgate was known as Blynesgate and Byllynsgate before the name settled into its present form however, the true origin of the name is unclear.
		Billingsgate was the main port for London until an Act of Parliament was passed in 1699 making it "a free and open market for all sorts of fish whatsoever".
		Fish and seafood were sold from stalls and sheds around the 'hythe' or dock at Billingsgate until the mid-nineteenth century.
	www.oldbillingsgate.info /history.htm (297 words)

	Online Etymology Dictionary
		Fish story attested from 1819, from the tendency to exaggerate the size of the catch (or the one that got away).
		"Billingsgate is the market where the fishwomen assemble to purchase fish; and where, in their dealings and disputes they are somewhat apt to leave decency and good manners a little on the left hand." ["Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue," 1811]
		Meaning "part of a river or stream frequented by fish" (and hence fishermen) is from 1828, and is probably the source of the fig.
	www.etymonline.com /index.php?search=fish (1403 words)

	Billingsgate Fish Market, London - Whats On in London
		Billingsgate Fish Market may not be the seafood mecca it once was - it is only processing a third of what it was 20 years ago - but is still Britain's main distribution point, servicing catches from Aberdeen to Penzance.
		The market is, by law, "free and open", giving everyone the opportunity to catch a piece of this dawn drama and perhaps even a nice bit of hake, sea bream or even Caribbean parrot fish.
		Billingsgate was originally a general market for corn, coal, iron, wine, salt, pottery, fish and miscellaneous goods and does not seem to have become associated exclusively with the fish trade until the 16th century.
	www.viewlondon.co.uk /whats_on_34299.html (327 words)

	Billingsgate history
		Billingsgate was known as Blynesgate and Byllynsgate before the name settled into its present form.
		Billingsgate was originally a general market for corn, coal, iron, wine, salt, pottery, fish and miscellaneous goods and does not seem to have become associated exclusively with the fish trade until the sixteenth century.
		Until the mid-nineteenth century, fish and seafood were sold from stalls and sheds around the 'hythe' or dock at Billingsgate.
	www.cityoflondon.gov.uk /Corporation/our_services/markets/billingsgate/history.htm (331 words)

	City of London Billingsgate Market on AboutBritain.com
		Billingsgate is the United Kingdom's largest inland fish market.
		Since then, 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 Market does not offer regular escorted tours for individual members of the public, however we are open to the public and you are welcome to visit.
	www.aboutbritain.com /BillingsgateFishMarket.htm (866 words)

	Billingsgate Market
		In addition to such a wide selection of fish and fish products, the Market offers buyers a comprehensive service with tenants dealing in poultry, cooking oils, potatoes, trade sundries and specialist restaurant and catering supplies.
		Billingsgate Market is thus able to offer an excellent one stop service to the busy trade buyer.
		The market is closed Sunday with the exception of ONE trader only open - John Stockwell Ltd (Shellfish) from 6.00am to 8.00am - please telephone them on 020 7987 7776 prior to visiting to ensure they are trading.
	www.billingsgate-market.org.uk (197 words)

	Real Eastenders: a guide to East End markets
		But then an act was passed to allow a free and open market for all types of fish and by the 19th century, the handling of fish had increased.
		As a meat market, it should not come as a surprise that witches and traitors were burned alive here as late as 1650.
		That market was destroyed in the Great Fire in 1666 but was founded again in 1856 by Richard Horner, who worked his way up from a market porter to buy the site and watch it grow.
	www.myvillage.com /pages/community-east_end_markets.htm (1373 words)

	Archive Detail
		You’ll find fish in pre-packs sealed with ‘modified atmosphere’, under film so tough and so tight that until you get home and pierce it with a sharp knife you won’t have a clue whether the fish is fresh or not.
		Fresh fish goes through a dumb period when it is not actively ‘off’ or malodorous but not exactly full of the joys of the sea either.
		Fish expert William Black has criticised UK supermarkets for having staff who do not always appear to be specifically trained to deal with fish and who therefore ‘cannot match the service provided by a high-street fishmonger’.
	www.theecologist.org /archive_detail.asp?content_id=315 (1530 words)

	The London Guide to London's Markets and shopping areas
		Covent Garden market moved out of its central location to the wastes of Vauxhall years ago, to be replaced by a tourist-orientated market; Billingsgate, the fish market famous for the bad language of its traders has moved to the Isle of Dogs, and the original waterside building been taken over by city businessmen.
		For the general markets, the earlier you visit a market the better chance you have of a bargain: grubbing around with a torch as a stallholder opens 04:00 is the norm.
		Antiques market, famous for once being where thieves could sell their goods with impunity (a royal licence meant that stolen goods bought here did not have to be returned) which has suffered somewhat since that privilege was withdrawn.
	www.londontourist.org /markets.html (1692 words)

	Safer shopping for UK markets in the UK
		Leicester Market is home to the largest covered market in Europe and is located in the heart of the city centre.
		Warrington Market is one of the biggest indoor markets in the North West, with over 250 stalls open Monday to Saturday from 9am to 5pm.
		Markets are a traditional part of British life and at Warrington you will receive a quality of service and friendly atmosphere second to none.
	www.sellthings.net /collect/markets.htm (1267 words)

	Billingsgate Fish Market - 1st 4 London Guide - Markets
		It was originally a general market for corn, coal, iron, wine, salt, pottery, fish and miscellaneous goods, but became associated exclusively with the fish trade in the sixteenth century.
		In January 1982, the market moved to a renovated warehouse in the West India Docks and opened to the public.
		The clock in the middle of the main market area is a fibre glass copy of the original.
	www.1st4londonhotels.co.uk /41602.htm (174 words)

	Tower Hamlets On-Line: Billingsgate
		This began as an open-air market and was later housed in a purpose built building.
		The fish was sold out of boxes and was kept fresh using lots of ice.
		In 1982, Billingsgate Fish Market moved to the Isle of Dogs.
	www.raggedschoolmuseum.org.uk /thol/pool/market_1.shtml (191 words)

	Billingsgate Market (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Billingsgate fishmarket was originally situated in the streets around Billingsgate Wharf by Lower Thames street.
		This was demolished and replaced by an arcaded market hall in 1875.
		Notice of the opening of the market is given by the ringing of bells.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /LONbillingsgate.htm (191 words)

	FishMarket.co.uk \| Fish Market \| Billingsgate Fish Market \| Tokyo Fish Market \| Tsukiji Fish Market Tours
		Distributor of specialty fish and seafood products concentrating on products from South Africa and South East Asia.
		Processors and marketers of wild-caught abalone, farmed abalone, oysters, oyster spat, and leather jacket fish.
		Search for wholesalers and producers of seafood by species and by company worldwide.
	www.fishmarket.co.uk /tokyo-fish-market-tours.htm?tkn=o5dtImpPXxYKEwiWq43m95iMAhUKHYYKHZMuy8oYASAGMNXvoAM4DQ (142 words)

	Dictionary.com/Word of the Day Archive/billingsgate
		Its style is an almost pure Army billingsgate that will offend many readers, although in no sense is it exaggerated: Mr.
		The campaigns of the two Roosevelts were colorful and gave the press plenty of material but, generally speaking, deft humor seems to have replaced outright billingsgate.
		Billingsgate is so called after Billingsgate, a former market in London celebrated for fish and foul language.
	dictionary.reference.com /wordoftheday/archive/2002/09/02.html (130 words)

	London for free - City Walk (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The market moved to a new site on the Isle of Dogs in 1982, and today the building is used as a stock market.
		London's original market was in Cheapside and its oldest surviving market is Borough, on the southern side of London Bridge.
		Leadenhall market was the most important medieval market in London and started by selling poultry and grain.
	www.londonforfree.net /walks/city/city.htm (5437 words)

	Billingsgate Market life gallery
		Billingsgate Market is the UK's largest inland fish market.
		An average of 35,000 tonnes of fresh fish are sold annually by the 40+ merchants that trade from the site.
		Billingsgate Gossip: Keep up to date with the latest gossip from Billingsgate with the popular quarterly newsletter from the London Fish and Poultry Retail Association newsletter.
	www.seafoodtraining.org /market_life_gallery.htm (202 words)

	Second-hand dive equipment for sale by urbanFISH members. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Delivery details will be collected on behalf of the club member who is selling the goods by urbanFISH, but this will be for reference purposes only and the vendor will be responsible for arranging their delivery to the person who is buying them.
		Officially established as a fish market by an Act of Parliament in 1698, Billingsgate fish market was originally situated in the streets surrounding Billingsgate Wharf in Lower Thames Street.
		In 1849 the City Corporation moved the market off the streets to a waterfront building, which was then demolished and replaced with an arcaded market hall in 1875.
	www.urbanfish.co.uk /equipment_Billingsgate.asp (275 words)

	AAALondon's markets face the future
		Spitalfields, Billingsgate, Smithfields and Covent Garden are as much a part of the city's fabric as red double-decker buses and Big Ben.
		Don Tyler, a trader at Billingsgate fish market for 40 years and former chairman of the merchants' association, said: "As soon as the Saphir report came out we said we are not moving to Nine Elms under any circumstances.
		The market rights of the City of London were based on a charter granted by Edward III in 1327 which prohibited the setting up of rival markets within 6.6 miles of the City.
	www.fruitnet.com /cgi-bin/features.pl?features.REF=48 (815 words)

	THE INK 07/06 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Billingsgate Fish Market has closed their well-known downtown Calgary location and is now located at the Stadium Shopping Centre, right beside THE CAT HOUSE!
		Billingsgate has been in business for 99 years and has been owned continually by the same family - now fourth generation, if you can imagine.
		He must have thought there was already fish in there the way he was searching around.
	www.thecathouseinc.com /ink0607.html (834 words)

	The Prince of Wales - News & Events (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The Prince said: “There are undoubtedly some species of fish that are so threatened, and some fisheries that are so damaging, that we should try and avoid them completely, but neither of those things applies to any of the sort of wild fish widely available to consumers in this country.”
		At the weekend, a report claimed The Prince would use his speech to urge the public to give up fish and chips if they contained threatened species such as cod, hake and halibut.
		The most recent, which was launched at the event at Old Billingsgate, is a kipper and lemon pâté made with MSC-approved kippered herring from the Thames Estuary.
	www.princeofwales.gov.uk /news/2004/03.mar/billingsgate.php (437 words)

	Tower Hamlets On-Line: Billingsgate
		Ted Lewis worked as a fish porter at Billingsgate Fish Market for fifty years, like his father before him.
		Ted's job was to carry fresh fish from delivery lorries into the market, and to vans waiting to take orders to customers.
		For many years, Billingsgate Fish Market has always been famed both for its fresh fish and the foul language of its porters!
	www.raggedschoolmuseum.org.uk /thol/pool/market_3.shtml (232 words)

	The Postcodes Project \| N2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Porter's token used at Billingsgate fish market, 1930-1939
		A fishmonger would have given this brass token to a porter at Billingsgate fish market in exchange for his work.
		The heart-shaped token is marked 'Grant & May Ltd Billingsgate' - the name of the fishmonger who issued it.
	www.museumoflondon.org.uk /postcodes/places/N2.html (130 words)

	Fish porters at Billingsgate Market. - - Port Cities
		Description: An 'Illustrated London News' engraving from May 1886, showing the fish porters at the Billingsgate Fish Market in the City of London.
		Huge quantities of fish were brought here by rail and via the Thames, and distributed throughout London.
		The market had a reputation for the freshness of its products.
	www.portcities.org.uk /london/server.php?show=conMediaFile.8013 (51 words)

	Grand Street News: Fish Patrol
		We enter the section still dubbed the “Old Market” even after it was reconstructed when a suspicious fire burned it to the ground in 1995.
		“The one I hear most is that the Old Market shed was landmarked, so it probably got torchedminus landmark status, developers can build whatever they want on the site.” He admits, however, that the sanitary conditions of an outdoor market certainly contributed to the move.
		A worker over in the multi-seller shed called “New Market” is particularly friendly - and when he reveals that the Hunt’s Point market is being built over a former Bronx hazardous waste dump site, I gasp.
	grandstreetnews.com /scripts/grand/paper/Article.asp?ArticleID=232 (882 words)

	billingsgate - alphaDictionary * Free English On-line Dictionary
		Notes: I know of only one fish market that has become the eponym of an English word, and it is the Billingsgate Fish Market in London, known as much for the smelly language of its fishwives as for its smelly wares.
		Today it is located in a modern new building where most of the sales staff have improved their speech.
		cursed Billingsgate with an emphasis worthy of the place" and by 1799 even Thomas Jefferson was writing: "We disapprove the constant billingsgate poured on them officially." Your turn.
	www.alphadictionary.com /goodword/word/billingsgate (258 words)

	BBC NEWS \| England \| Cornwall \| Group promotes hand caught fish
		Sea bass landed on the quayside at Newlyn in Cornwall is already sold at one of the most famous seafood sales floors, the Billingsgate Fish Market.
		The team guarantees traceability of fish from the sea to the dinner plate.
		The South West Handline Fishermen's Association has claimed fish caught in this way is regarded by many as more sustainable than controversial pair-trawling methods, which are widely blamed by some conservationists for dolphin deaths.
	news.bbc.co.uk /go/rss/-/1/hi/england/cornwall/4482812.stm (151 words)

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