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Wikipedia: The Fleet Market was a market erected in 1736 on the newly culverted River Fleet. The market was located approximately where the modern Farringdon Street stands today, to the west of the Smithfield livestock market. Work began in 1734 to arch over the River Fleet, as it had become an open sewer; and to remove the considerable expense of clearing the river of rubbish and filth.
![[Fleet Market, approximately 1746 - detail from Roque's Map of London]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/1746_Fleet_Market_Roque_s.jpg "Fleet Market, approximately 1746 - detail from Roque's Map of London")
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