Corn exchange

A corn exchange is a building where merchants trade grains. The word "corn" in British English denotes all cereal grains, such as wheat and barley; in the United States these buildings were called grain exchange. Such trade was common in towns and cities across England until the 19th century, but as the trade became centralised in the 20th century many such buildings were used for other purposes. Several have since become historical landmarks.

In the United States, the Minneapolis Grain Exchange is still used to manage the commodities and futures exchange of grain products.

History in England

Corn exchanges were initially held as open markets normally controlled by the town or city authorities. Dedicated corn exchanges start appearing in the earlier part of the 18th century, increasing greatly following the repeal of the Corn Laws in 1846. They declined after the Great Depression of British Agriculture in the late 19th century.

List of corn exchanges

Australia
 Corn Exchange, Sydney

Canada
 Winnipeg Grain Exchange

Ireland
 Corn Exchange, Athy
 Corn Exchange, Dublin
 Corn Exchange, Wexford

United Kingdom

England
See also: Corn exchanges in England
 Corn Exchange, Alford
 Corn Exchange, Aylesbury
 Corn Exchange, Banbury
 Corn Exchange, Barton-upon-Humber
 Corn Exchange, Basingstoke
 Corn Exchange, Beccles
 Corn Exchange, Bedford
 Corn Exchange, Berwick-upon-Tweed
 Corn Exchange, Beverley
 Corn Exchange, Bishop's Stortford
 Corn Exchange, Blandford Forum
 Corn Exchange, Bourne
 Corn Exchange, Bridgwater
 Corn Exchange, Brighton
 Corn Exchange, Bristol
 Corn Exchange, Bury St Edmunds
 Corn Exchange, Camborne
 Corn Exchange, Cambridge
 Corn Exchange, Chard
 Corn Exchange, Chichester
 Corn Exchange, Cirencester
 Corn Exchange, Colchester
 Corn Exchange, Derby
 Corn Exchange, Dereham
 Corn Exchange, Devizes
 Corn Exchange, Diss
 Corn Exchange, Doncaster
 Corn Exchange, Dorchester
 Corn Exchange, Driffield
 Corn Exchange, Exeter
 Corn Exchange, Fakenham
 Corn Exchange, Faringdon
 Corn Exchange, Grantham
 Corn Exchange, Guildford
 Corn Exchange, Hadleigh
 Corn Exchange, Harleston
 Corn Exchange, Haverhill
 Corn Exchange, Helston
 Corn Exchange, Hertford
 Corn Exchange, Hexham
 Corn Exchange, Hitchin
 Corn Exchange, Ipswich
 Corn Exchange, Kettering
 Corn Exchange, Kidderminster
 Corn Exchange, King's Lynn
 Corn Exchange, Leeds
 Corn Exchange, Leicester
 Corn Exchange, Lewes
 Corn Exchange, Lichfield
 Corn Exchange, Lincoln
 Corn Exchange, Liverpool
 Corn Exchange, London
 Corn Exchange, Long Sutton
 Corn Exchange, Lostwithiel
 Corn Exchange, Maidstone
 Corn Exchange, Malton
 Corn Exchange, Manchester
 Corn Exchange, Manningtree
 Corn Exchange, Market Rasen 
 Corn Exchange, Melton Mowbray
 Corn Exchange, Much Wenlock
 Corn Exchange, Newark-on-Trent 
 Corn Exchange, Newbury
 Corn Exchange, Newcastle upon Tyne
 Corn Exchange, Newton Abbot
 Corn Exchange, Nottingham
 Corn Exchange, Oxford
 Corn Exchange, Preston
 Corn Exchange, Reading
 Corn Exchange, Rochester
 Corn Exchange, Rochford
 Corn Exchange, Romsey
 Corn Exchange, Ross-on-Wye
 Corn Exchange, Royston
 Corn Exchange, Saffron Walden
 Corn Exchange, Salisbury
 Corn Exchange, Sandbach
 Corn Exchange, St Albans
 Corn Exchange, St Ives
 Corn Exchange, Stamford
 Corn Exchange, Stow-on-the-Wold
 Corn Exchange, Sudbury
 Corn Exchange, Swaffham
 Corn Exchange, Swindon
 Corn Exchange, Tavistock
 Corn Exchange, Tewkesbury
 Corn Exchange, Thrapston
 Corn Exchange, Tonbridge
 Corn Exchange, Tunbridge Wells
 Corn Exchange, Wallingford
 Corn Exchange, Winchester
 Corn Exchange, Witney
 Corn Exchange, Worcester
 Corn Exchange, Worksop
 Corn Exchange, York

Scotland
 Corn Exchange, Arbroath
 Corn Exchange, Biggar
 Corn Exchange, Cupar
 Corn Exchange, Dalkeith
 Corn Exchange, Edinburgh
 Corn Exchange, Haddington
 Corn Exchange, Kelso
 Corn Exchange, Leith
 Corn Exchange, Melrose
 Corn Exchange, Kilmarnock

United States
 Minneapolis Grain Exchange
 Philadelphia Corn Exchange
 Sioux City Grain Exchange

See also
 Grain trade
 Commodity market

References

Agricultural buildings
Commodity exchanges
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