Plaque

Spitalfields Market - Horner - started

Erection date: 1887

Inscription

Spitalfields Market
Rebuilt by Robert Horner during the year of Queen Victoria's Jubilee, 1887.

The date is almost lost in the foliage, bottom right.

Site: Spitalfields Market - Horner - started (1 memorial)

E1, Commercial Street, Spitalfields Market - Horner Buildings

The 1885-93 buildings bearing the plaque were designed by George Sherrin for the owner Robert Horner. Spitalfields Life has a good appreciation of the building.

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Spitalfields Market - Horner - started

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Old Spitalfields Market

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Robert Horner

Last private owner of Spitalfields fruit and vegetable market.  Came from Ess...

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