After the Great Fire of London in 1666, the entire square was devoted to the selling of fresh fruit and vegetables and Covent Garden became London's largest ...

Covent Garden market The first record of a "new market in Covent Garden" is in 1654 when market traders set up stalls against the garden wall of Bedford House. New Covent Garden Market · Covent Garden tube station · Royal Ballet and Opera

Covent Garden Market had its beginning in 1835 when a patent was issued to hold a “public fair or mart” in the area of Richmond, Dundas and King Streets. In ...

Covent Garden became London's most significant market following the Great Fire of London in 1666, with the entire square being dedicated to selling fresh fruit ...

14 нояб. 2024 г. · Covent Garden Market operated informally for many years before it was established “forever” by Charles II in 1670. It was rebuilt and ...

The market began very simply in 1656 when the Duke of Bedford allowed several temporary stalls to be built in the gardens of Bedford House, his London home. In ...

CHAPTER VI. Covent Garden Market. In 1926 the Town Clerk of Westminster presented a sixty-page report to the City Council upon the subject of Covent Garden ...

In the early 1970s, Covent Garden was the subject of major development proposals which would have resulted in the destruction of the immediate environment ...

26 мая 2024 г. · Covent Garden owes its name to the medieval market garden of the Benedictine Convent of St Peter's, Westminster.