page_title: Metropolitan Cattle Market
hierarchical_section_title: Metropolitan Cattle Market
caption_attribution_description: Bild aus Seite 089 in "Die Gartenlaube". Image from page 089 of journal Die Gartenlaube, 1855. Deutsch: Bildunterschrift: „Der neue Vieh- und Fleisch-Markt in London.“ English: caption: "Der neue Vieh- und Fleisch-Markt in London."
context_page_description: The Metropolitan Cattle Market, just off the Caledonian Road in the parish of Islington was built by the City of London Corporation and was opened in June 1855 by Prince Albert. The market was supplementary to the meat market at Smithfield and was established to remove the difficulty of managing live cattle at that latter site.
context_section_description: The Metropolitan Cattle Market (later Caledonian Market), just off the Caledonian Road in the parish of Islington (now the London Borough of Islington) was built by the City of London Corporation and was opened in June 1855 by Prince Albert. The market was supplementary to the meat market at Smithfield and was established to remove the difficulty of managing live cattle at that latter site.
caption: The newly opened market on a contemporary etching
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