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| Borough Market, circa 1860. |
I love farmers' markets and always visit them when I travel. I like to grab a tapa at the Mercado San Miguel in Madrid, have the best sandwich in Forence at the Mercato Centrale or enjoy fish and chips at the Borough Market in London. This year the Borough Market celebrates its 1,000th anniversary and is the oldest of all the capital’s markets still trading on its original site. It was first mentioned in 1276, although the market itself claims to have existed since 1014.
"By 1276, according to a document of that date, it had become a nuisance by spreading to the south side of London Bridge. The bridge had been rebuilt in stone a century earlier by Henry II and was itself a severe bottleneck, clogged with over a hundred shops and houses whose construction on the bridge had helped pay for it. The bridge was also home to London’s first public latrine."
More: History Today
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