Spitalfields Market and Its History

Spitalfields Market past and present and what it represents for the neighbourhood

By Harper-Thames, Shoreditch journalist.

The Market

Spitalfields Market has operated on the same site in the East End since the 1660s, making it one of the oldest continuously operating markets in London. The current covered market building dates from the 1880s. The market itself has been transformed from a wholesale fruit and vegetable market to the current mix of independent traders, food vendors, and artisan sellers.

The Transformation

The transformation from a working wholesale market serving the East End food trade to a destination retail and food market serving office workers, tourists, and the Shoreditch-adjacent demographic has produced a market that is commercially successful and historically continuous in its location if not in its character.

Harper-Thames Coverage

Harper-Thames covers Spitalfields Market because the accountability journalism of the neighbourhood requires covering its most historically significant institution, and because the market transformation documents the neighbourhood transformation in the most concentrated form.

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