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City
of London Walks:
Historic
Smithfield
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Smithfield Market
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City of Edinburgh, with book and flag
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Smithfield, originally Smoothfield, lies in the
north west corner of the City just outside the line of Roman City Walls.
The City fathers did not allow 'nuisances' within the City Walls and Smithfield
was used for antisocial activities like public executions, butchering animals
and Bartholomew Fair, and London's largest meat market is still on the
site. In medieval times the Charterhouse monastery and the priory of St
Bartholomew encroached on the field, and the hospital of St Bartholomew, its
medical school and the church of St Bartholomew-the-Great can still
be seen today.
We start at 2pm on Saturdays, meeting by
the east entrance to the City Information Centre in St Paul's Churchyard.
The walks and are led by qualified City
of London Guides, will last one and half to
two hours and the cost is £6 per person, £4 concessions, with accompanied children
under twelve free of charge.
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