On the north side of West Smithfield. In Farringdon Ward Without.
Erected on part of the site of the old Smithfield Cattle Market.
Metropolitan meat and poultry market opened 1867.
New provision market opened 1870-75.
Central Fish Market opened 1883, reopened 1889 as a poultry and provision market.
Fruit and vegetable market opened 1892.
See Smithfield Market.
A Dictionary of London. Henry A Harben. 1918.