Smithfield Collection

Smithfield Market
Carcasses hanging from hooks and butchers wearing their traditional white overalls at Smithfield Market, London. Date: 1950s

Smithfield Market
Smithfield meat market

Smithfield Market
The vast interior of Smithfield meat market, with carcasses hanging from hooks all down the central aisle

Caledonian Park Clock Tower Metropolitan Cattle Market
The Caledonian Park Clock Tower - a Grade II*-listed structure, as the centrepiece of a vast cattle market. The Metropolitan Cattle Market opened in 1855 in Holloway

Smithfield Meat Market London
Exterior of the Smithfield New Metropolitan Meat and Poultry Market, London

Smithfield Market 1870
The arrival of an early meat train at Smithfield Market in London: porters unload and move baskets and crates

St Barts Hospital Gate
The Gatehouse of St Bartholomews Hospital, Smithfield, London

ST. BARTS / 1721 / PLAN
A general external view of the buildings which make up Saint Bartholomews Hospital in Smithfield, London

Smithfield Market
The last occasion of old Smithfield Market

The Last Day of the Old Smithfield Market, London 1855
Last days trading at the Old Smithfield Market, London. Large number of cows, sheep and pigs in pens awaiting sale and slaughter. In the background, the dome of St. Pauls Cathedral is silhouetted

Bears hanging in Smithfield market 1906
Bruins as food for the city luncher : Bears hanging in Smithfield Market, London, several bears were shipped to England in order that Londoners might have an opportunity of tasting bear-flesh

Major fire, Smithfield Poultry Market, London
Firemen entering the basement of the major fire in the Smithfield Poultry Market on 23 January 1958 that had already cost the lives of two firemen

Queen Victorias procession in Smithfield
The Royal procession of Queen Victoria in Smithfield, passing the Metropolitan Meat Market. The Queens visit to the City of London was for the purpose of opening the new bridge over the Thames at

Prizewinning bull at the Smithfield Show
One of King Edward VIIs prizewinners at the Smithfield Show in the Agricultural Hall, Islington, North London

Smithfield Market 1843
A scene in Smithfield Market with traders examining and discussing huge cattle

St. Bartholomews Church
The Norman pillars and arches of the Church of St. Bartholomew the Great, Smithfield, City of London Founded by Rahere in 1123, one of Londons oldest churches. Date: 1930s

Smithfield Cattle Show, Agricultural Hall, Islington, 1862
Engraving showing the Smithfield Club Cattle Show, held in the Agricultural Hall, Islington, London, 1862

Smithfield Cattle Show
Panoramic view of the Smithfield Club Cattle Show in London in 1851 showing men in stovepipe hats inspecting the numerous beasts on display

Smithfield Market 1939
A fine view of the exterior of Smithfield Market, City of London, on a summers day, only two months before the outbreak of World War Two

Smithfield Street C1935
A man leans against a postbox while two others sit down and watch the world go by in a Smithfield street

Pyne - Drover
A SMITHFIELD DROVER Vast numbers of sheep and cattle are needed to feed the people of London, and Smithfield Market is where they are bought and sold

White shorthorn heifer exhibited at Smithfield
Champion white shorthorn heifer exhibited at Smithfield in December 1874

View of part of Duke Street, West Smithfield, 1807
View of part of Duke Street, formerly Duck Lane, West Smithfield, 1807. Tudor timber houses of oak, chestnut and plaster. Man on a ladder lighting a gas lantern

Charterhouse
Birds eye view of the old Charterhouse. The London Charterhouse is a historic complex of buildings in Smithfield, London, dating back to the 14th century

Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad Station - Pittsburgh, USA - built on the south bank of the Monongahels River at the end of Smithfield Street Bridge Date: circa 1906

Walks of London - New Oxford Street And Holbourn ?
Walks of London - New Oxford Street And Holbourn, To Smithfield and Cheapside

Entrance to St Bartholomews Hospital in Smithfield, London Date: early 1900s

Smithfield Meat Market, London, Victorian period

Smithfield Market, Manchester

Porter in smog, Smithfield Market, London
Porter pulling a loaded cart through the smog, Smithfield Market, London, December 1962. Air pollution of this kind was very hazardous to health. Date: 1962

A small group at Smithfield's Market looking at beef cattle. Meat had been traded on the site of Smithfield's for over 800 years, but the present building was opened in 1868

St Bartholomews Hospital, West Smithfield, London Date: circa 1900

Smithfield Meat Market, City of London Date: circa 1900

Photograph of White Hart PH, Smithfield, London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Face on view of the pub. The back of the print (available on request) details: Trading Record 1913

Photograph of Smithfield Tavern, Smithfield Market, London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Right face on view of the pub

Photograph of Globe PH, Smithfield, London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Corner on view of the pub. The back of the print (available on request) details: Trading Record 1931

Photograph of Bulls Head PH, East Smithfield (Old), London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Side on view of the pub

Photograph of Bulls Head PH, East Smithfield (New), London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Corner on view of the pub

Photograph of Brown Bear PH, East Smithfield, London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Right face on view of the pub

The Bank of England, St Pauls Cathedral and the Blue-Coat School or Christs Hospital. View of the Bank of England 33, the dome of St Pauls Cathedral 34, and the Blue-Coat School for orphans 35

The Enraged Ox, the Dustman and the Taking of Guy Fawkes. Boy chased by an angry bull near Smithfield market 36, dustman with horse-drawn cart removing rubbish 37

Calligraphic title page with vignette of the city of London with Saint Pauls Cathedral. Woodcut engraving after an illustration by Isaac Taylor from City Scenes, or a Peep into London

Trades in Regency Ireland and England: Cork, Dublin and London Docks. Irish beef cattle bring driven to the port of Cork 79

Monument to Robert Dow in St. Botolph s, Adgate
Monument to merchant taylor and philantropist Robert Dow in St. Botolph s, Adgate. Died 1612 aged 89. Depicted holding a skull

Sir Paul Pinders Lodge in Half Moon Alley. The facade decorated with plasterwork designs. Was the keepers lodge to the park beloning to merchant Sir Paul Pindar (1565-1650)

Interregnum timber and plaster houses on Long
Old timber and plaster houses from the Interregnum (1650s) on the north side of Long Lane, Smithfield, 1810. Inhabited by soft wood turners

Old Stuart houses at the south corner of Hosier
Old Stuart houses from the reign of King James I at the south corner of Hosier Lane, Smithfield, 1795. External specimen of the Plain Gable Style. Demolished 1809

Exhibition of prize cattle, Portman Square, London
Exhibition of prize cattle by the Smithfield Cattle Club at the Horse Bazaar, King Street, Portman Square, London, December 1841. Date: 1841

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