Market Place, Finchley

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The sorting office on Market Place

Market Place is a road in Finchley, north London.

It was the site of the largest pig market in Middlesex, founded in the late 17th Century. Pigs would be fattened on grain left over from London's gin distilleries before being sold on to London butchers. In the 19th Century the market declined in importance and was only held once a week, and towards the end of the century was reduced to occasional auctions. [1]

Pig genus of even-toed ungulates

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Marketplace space in which a market operates

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From the earliest days, the market had a reputation for squalor and immorality. [2] The notorious highwayman and burglar Jack Sheppard was held at the George Inn on Market Place following his fourth arrest whilst disguised as a butcher. [1]

Highwayman Mounted robber who steals from travellers, an archaic term

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Jack Sheppard English thief and jail-breaker

Jack Sheppard was a notorious English thief and jail-breaker of early 18th-century London. Born into a poor family, he was apprenticed as a carpenter but took to theft and burglary in 1723, with little more than a year of his training to complete. He was arrested and imprisoned five times in 1724 but escaped four times from prison, making him a notorious public figure, and wildly popular with the poorer classes. Ultimately, he was caught, convicted, and hanged at Tyburn, ending his brief criminal career after less than two years. The inability of the notorious "Thief-Taker General" Jonathan Wild to control Sheppard, and injuries suffered by Wild at the hands of Sheppard's colleague, Joseph "Blueskin" Blake, led to Wild's downfall.

Following heavy bombing during World War II the market was extensively rebuilt, with most of the shops closing. The last shops closed on the street in 1973, and the only commercial premises remaining is a single pub, the Duke of Cambridge. However, the area maintained its association with pig farming well into the 20th Century, with a herd of 25 pigs kept on nearby Prospect Place as late as 1955. [1]

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Pub drinking establishment

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No trace of the market now exists other than the road name.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Finchley N2 Hog Market and Church Lane". London Borough of Barnet. 30 January 2007. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 17 May 2007.
  2. Roberts, Tony. "What's In a Name?". Tony London. Archived from the original on 23 May 2007. Retrieved 8 June 2007.

Coordinates: 51°35′25″N0°09′59″W / 51.59028°N 0.16639°W / 51.59028; -0.16639

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