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- ↑ "Billingsgate Market > About Billingsgate". City of London website. City of London. Archived from the original on 13 June 2011. Retrieved 2 March 2011.
- ↑ "New Spitalfields Market > About Spitalfields". City of London website. City of London. Archived from the original on 29 September 2011. Retrieved 2 March 2011.
- ↑ "Wards > Farringdon without". City of London Police website. City of London Police. Archived from the original on 18 August 2010. Retrieved 2 March 2011.
- ↑ "City of London market constabularies - a Freedom of Information request to City of London Corporation". December 2017.