Goad London 42—EC1—Smithfield Market—Holborn Viaduct—Snow Hill 1952 (1969) map
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Charles Goad Insurance Plan of London, sheet 42 [Smithfield Market, Farringdon Street, Holborn Viaduct and Snow Hill]
Goad's fire insurance plan of London, sheet 42, covers Smithfield Market and Snow Hill (EC1), with the market halls and cold stores that fed London. In January 1958 a fire in Union Cold Storage's basement beneath the Smithfield Poultry & Meat Market killed two firemen, and the Poultry Market was rebuilt by 1963 under a concrete dome. The Central Markets' General and Poultry Market buildings are now becoming London Museum, due to open from November 2026, with a major cultural use replacing food storage and sale. In 2024, however, the City abandoned the meat market's move to Dagenham, and traders are staying until at least 2028. Snow Hill Police Station was sold in 2020 for use as a hotel. Goad's plans were produced to assess property and fire risk, and they were kept current with pasted overlays noting changes of use, altered layouts, demolition and rebuilding. The sheet was resurveyed and reissued in February 1952, with a 1952 copyright date. Its latest dated correction is September 1969, and key plans acquired with the group were corrected as late as October 1970 and March 1971. Other streets on the sheet include Charterhouse Street, Farringdon Street, Smithfield Street, West Smithfield, Holborn Viaduct, Giltspur Street, Cock Lane, Hosier Lane, East Poultry Avenue and West Poultry Avenue.
Size 63 x 53 cm | 24.5 x 21.0 inches
Date Published: 1952 (1969)
Type: Vintage hand-coloured fire-insurance plan with later overpasted amendments
Author: Goad, Charles & Co
Publication: Charles Goad Fire Insurance Maps
Condition: Good |
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