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  Oswego Tea
There are no tables at which to sit and eat, but the curb in the front of the Brindisa stand is always full of people sitting down, and assuming the proper eating position: legs spread apart so as not to drip chorizo juice on their trousers.
The Borough Market has a social aspect to it that I absolutely love, even if I go alone and it means sitting off to the side and just watching everyone else being social.
The best part is, when you're done, you can wander back through the market and take your time selecting your dessert.
www.oswegotea.com   (1012 words)

  
  Borough market - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Borough Market is a wholesale and retail food market in The Borough in Southwark, South London.
The present market, located on Borough High Street just south of Southwark Cathedral on the southern end of London Bridge, is a successor to one that originally adjoined the end of London Bridge (and made a considerable nuisance of itself in the process).
The market is administered by 21 trustees who have to live in the area.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Borough_market   (470 words)

  
 Borough High Street - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Borough High Street is the last section of the road from Dover to London as it approaches London Bridge.
Borough Market has its main entrance at the London Bridge end.
Borough is now a thriving cosmopolitan area of London, with many restaurants, bars and of course the world famous Borough Market.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Borough_High_Street   (180 words)

  
 London Borough Market
Aulus Plautus and his Roman legions found the market at Southwark in AD 43 on their way to sack the city, but Plautus was no writer and there was no written record until two centuries later - when Dion cassius told the story of his early Roman invasion.
Borough Market has survived for 20 centuries, and remains a centre of food excellence.
Borough Market is situated on the south side of London Bridge Mainline Station.
www.georgianhousehotel.co.uk /borough_market.htm   (648 words)

  
 Gazetteer of Markets and Fairs to 1516: Wales
Market place was triangular and situated next to the ch of St Mary, in the centre of the medieval town.
In the borough charter of 1 Jun 1363, the Wed market was confirmed; this was confirmed by K Ric II on 24 Sept 1394 (R.A. Griffiths, ‘A tale of two towns: Llandeilo Fawr and Dinefwr in the Middle Ages’, in R.A. Griffiths, Conquerors and Conquered in Medieval Wales (Stroud, 1994), pp.
The market square was to the north of the castle.
www.history.ac.uk /cmh/gaz/wales.html   (15442 words)

  
 GAUZE - LoveToKnow Article on GAUZE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
No charter of incorporation is extant, but in 1563 contests were carried on under the name of the bailiffs, burgesses and commonalty, and a list of borough accounts exists for 1696.
The bishop appointed the last borough bailiff in 1681, and though the inhabitants in 1772 petitioned for a bailiff the town remained under a steward and grassmen until the 1 9th century.
At the inquisition of 1336 the burgesses claimed an annual fair on St Peters Day, and depositions in 1577 mention a borough market held on Tuesday and Friday, but these were apparently extinct in Camdens day, and no grant of them is extant.
10.1911encyclopedia.org /G/GA/GAUZE.htm   (404 words)

  
 Marketplace - Borough Market - Will Pearson - 167/254 - World Wide Panorama
Borough Market is managed by 21 Trustees and run by a small team of office staff and Beadles who look after security.
Borough Market now also boasts an increasing range of high quality food shops in its premises situated around the wholesale core.
Small wonder then that Borough Market is attracting people from an increasingly wide catchment area in addition to the local population.
geoimages.berkeley.edu /wwp305/html/WillPearson.html   (531 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)

  
 Borough Market's trendy, yes - JAMAICAOBSERVER.COM
What we love most about Borough Market is the fact that the beautiful are in fact serving the beautiful.
Little wonder that Borough market, located under the railway viaduct, won the 2003 Visit London, Totally London Award nominated by Londoners as their favourite place to visit.
Borough Market is located at 8 Southwark Street, London SE1 and opens Fri 12 noon - 6:00 pm and Saturday 9:00 am - 4:00 pm.
www.jamaicaobserver.com /magazines/Food/html/20041020T220000-0500_67994_OBS_BOROUGH_MARKET_S_TRENDY__YES.asp   (441 words)

  
 boroughmarket   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Aulus Plautus and his Roman legions found the market at Southwark in AD 43 on their way to sack the city, but Plautus was no writer and there was no written record until two centuries later &endash; when Dion Cassius told the story of this early Roman invasion.
Although the Borough Market has moved locations by a few hundred yards this way and that from the southern bridgehead of London Bridge it has always existed in roughly the same location.
Borough Market has survived for 20 centuries, and remains a centre of food excellence and is looking forward to another 2,000 years of trading!
www.kl.unibe.ch /kl/llbs1/Englisch/boroughmarket.htm   (3072 words)

  
 London Borough Market
Borough Market is a wonderful place to go if you have an interest in speciality foods - we can highly recommend a visit.
Borough Market boasts both a young succesful gourment food retail market working alongside an older established wholesale market.
The retail market is open on Fridays from 12pm to 6pm and on Saturdays from 9am to 4pm.
www.georgianhousehotel.co.uk /Borough_Market.htm   (648 words)

  
 southbanklondon.com - world-class theatre, art, music, design and entertainment overlooking the Thames
The historical Borough Market has been around since the Roman times, chiefly as a wholesale Market.
Borough Market is much loved by those that shop there.
The Retail Market is currently being sympathetically refurbished and expanded to include a magnificent Floral Hall.
www.southbanklondon.com /bankside/borough_market.htm   (148 words)

  
 ipedia.com: Southwark Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
The Borough or Southwark (pronounced "suthuk" or "suthark") is the area of London immediately south of London Bridge and part of the larger London Borough of Southwark.
An important market - later to become known as the Borough Market - was established there some time in the 13th century.
In 1899 Southwark was incorporated along with Newington and Walworth into the Metropolitan Borough of Southwark, and in 1965 this was incorporated with the Metropolitan Borough of Camberwell and Metropolitan Borough of Bermondsey into the London Borough of Southwark.
www.ipedia.com /southwark.html   (731 words)

  
 The Observer | Food monthly | OFM Waitrose Awards: Best market
Borough has been a valuable wholesale market since 1014, stocking top London restaurants like The Ivy, but its revival as a retail market took off in 1999, and was indicative of the post-Jamie period.
The Friday market that takes place in this huge area (covering 43,000 square feet) has over 230 stalls, ranging from zips to shark meat (there are 23 seafood stalls for a start, making it the leading fish retail market in Ireland).
This market is a meeting place for the locals who do their weekly shop here.
observer.guardian.co.uk /foodmonthly/story/0,9950,1145650,00.html   (645 words)

  
 eG Forums -> Borough Market
Borough Market, like eGullet, appears to be relatively uncensored -- in other words, there's no quality guarantee just because a particular dealer or product is represented here.
Borough Market doesn't qualify as a Farmers' Market, since foods are not necessarily from within a given radius or sold by the maker/processor.
The best cooked meat at Borough market are the venison burgers cooked by the guy from the farmed venison company(forget name).
forums.egullet.org /index.php?showtopic=6081   (1429 words)

  
 High Peak Borough Council - Market Town Regeneration
Between 2002-2005, the partnership secured funding from the Market Towns Initiative, managed the Countryside Agency with support from the East Midlands Development Agency, to help revitalise the role of the market town as a rural service centre in the 21st century.
The aim of the initiative was to be a springboard for market town regeneration where the revitalisation met the needs of local people.
Their vision is to develop and market Buxton as a thriving Spa town, with a lively tradition of festivals, music and culture, at the centre of the Peak District; which attracts both staying and day visitors and maximises the opportunity for investment in the town.
www.highpeak.gov.uk /neighbourhood/markettowns   (459 words)

  
 London: Market, Tea and Boat Tour   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Borough Market is located under the elevated approaches to the London Bridge railway station, adjacent to Southwark Cathedral near the South Bank of the Thames.
Bob was on the lookout for a public market, because he's addicted to them thanks to Philadelphia's Reading Terminal Market.
In addition to bread bakers, Borough Market also hosts purveyors of wine and beer and a few sellers of condiments.
home.comcast.net /~rlibkind11/uk02/london.htm   (398 words)

  
 Fareham Borough Council: Market Quay Development   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
The long awaited Market Quay development is now very much a reality and has added an exciting dimension to the retail offer in Fareham Town Centre as well as giving a much needed boost to the leisure and evening economy of the town.
The market, held on the site and in West Street helped make Fareham's reputation in its heyday as an agricultural town and represented its main source of prosperity as a port and trading centre in the 18th and 19th Centuries.
market is held each Monday in the adjacent pedestrianised area of West Street - the home of the
www.fareham.gov.uk /town/whatshere/marketquaydevelopment.asp   (459 words)

  
 KSB - Services - Market Facts
Kennett Square's extended market experienced a growth of 13 percent from 1990 to 1996 (41,065 to 46,543).
Kennett Square serves a well educated market with 31 percent of the residents over 18 years who are college graduates -- two-thirds of whom have taken additional graduate or professional training.
The Borough's new "Fastrak Program" provides a forum for open communications between the Borough and prospective businesses intended to eliminate some of the pitfalls often encountered by businesses seeking to locate or re-locate.
www.kennett-square.pa.us /services/business_development_marketfacts.htm   (1024 words)

  
 CENYC Greenmarket Farmers Markets   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Markets are held in parks, playgrounds, parking lots, sidewalks, closed streets and other available open spaces.
We endeavor, with community support and assistance, to find spaces that give the markets room to grow and are visible to community residents.
Director Tom Strumolo and Greenmarket staff are responsible for market operations, farm visits, publicizing markets, securing permits, and working with community groups, city and state agencies to find new market sites and new farmers.
www.cenyc.org /HTMLGM/maingm.htm   (591 words)

  
 London Borough Market - london information from 4london.info   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Historically borough market was a wholesale fruit and vegetable market, but in recent years a very popular weekend fine food retail market has been established.
The fruit and veg market runs in the early hours, but it is the very successful weekend gourmet retail market, consisting of up to 70 stalls and stands, which attracts most Londoners and tourist to borough market.
Producers from all over the country bring a range of fresh produce to the market, including; fish, meats, vegetables, ciders, wines, cheeses, breads, coffees, cakes and patisseries.
www.4london.info /londonboroughmarket.htm   (159 words)

  
 Borough Market, London - Whats On in London   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
The market has been in its current location since 1756 and remains a centre of food excellence.
Records can be traced back to 1014 and indicate that from its beginning the market sold vegetables as well as fish, grain and cattle, earning it the nickname "London's Larder".
It was the point from which Chaucer's pilgrims set out on their journey to Canterbury and the meeting point of all roads from the South Coast and Southern Counties into the City of London.
www.viewlondon.co.uk /whats_on_34284.html   (286 words)

  
 Borough Market London (South Bank)
Borough Market is rated 4.5 out of 5 - 10th nicest thing in London
Celebrated by foodies and restaurateurs, Borough Market is a haven for those who enjoy a spot of gastronomic indulgence and are seeking out fresh, quality ingredients.
The best thing about Borough Market is the top quality food stalls, but as well as picking up ingredients for a flashy dinner party, it's worth checking in at the local bars and cafes to soak up the buzz.
www.urbanpath.com /london/food-markets/borough-market.htm   (574 words)

  
 The Epoch Times | The Cornucopia That Is the Borough Market in London
The Market was first recognised as an establishment in 1276, when causing severe congestion on London Bridge, it was moved to Borough High Street.
The Borough Market was formalised under a Royal Charter in 1550.
The Borough Market is an overindulgence of sight, smells and flavours.
english.epochtimes.com /news/5-8-6/31018.html   (710 words)

  
 rebecca mead dot com -- Food Glorious Food!
The marketplace is appropriately dank and rough-hewn--a cavernous yard underneath the arches of a commuter-train track--but it is not the kind of market to which cows come, except in the form of extremely high-end hot dogs.
Borough Food Market is the place Londoners mention when they want to make the argument that the English have started to care about cooking.
Of course, shoppers at Borough Food Market buying their Joselito ham--it comes from Iberian wild pigs raised on acorns in dappled sunlight, according to the pigs' handsomely produced brochure--are the more militant variety.
www.rebeccamead.com /2001/2001_08_06_art_chef.htm   (2705 words)

  
 CommunityStatement   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
The first aspect of the market that came across was its exclusivity.
As mentioned previously, the exclusive nature of the Borough Market now tied in with the exclusivity that Davide outlined as part of the intended ambience of his site.
As such the Borough Market was eminently compatable with this intention.
homepages.gold.ac.uk /mrbean/CommunityStatement.htm   (445 words)

  
 Weekend markets in London - London market guide
Generally regarded as one of the finest markets to buy your dinner in.
The quality of produce is equal to that of the numerous Farmers' Markets (and by that we mean exceedingly good) but not subject to the same constraints - meaning that stallholders can sell things they themselves haven't produced and, further, that the produce doesn't have to come from within 100 miles of the M25.
A lovely villagey market and one that has much to recommend it.
www.viewlondon.co.uk /home_feat_where_markets_weekend.asp   (373 words)

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