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Officially called New Caledonian Market, Bermondsey Market is an antiques market located at Bermondsey Square on Tower Bridge Road in Bermondsey, part of the London Borough of Southwark, in South London. Formerly the site of Bermondsey Abbey. For other uses, see Antique (disambiguation). ...
Tower Bridge Road is a road in Bermondsey in the London Borough of Southwark, UK, that runs north to south, and connects the Bricklayers Arms roundabout and flyover at its southern end to Tower Bridge and across the River Thames at its northern. ...
, Bermondsey is an area of south London in the London Borough of Southwark. ...
The London Borough of Southwark is a London borough in London, England. ...
Bermondsey Abbey was an 11th century foundation, and was centred on what is now Bermondsey Square, in the London Borough of Southwark. ...
Although the site is undergoing redevelopment (through to 2006), the Market remains open and is expected to remain at the current site once development is complete.
History
The Caledonian Market moved to its current location in 1950 after the old Caledonian Market site in Islington was designated for redevelopment in the late 1940s. [1] [2] [3] Diagram of Metropolitan Cattle Market, Islington The Metropolitan Cattle Market (later Caledonian Market) in Islington, north London was built by the Corporation of London and opened in June 1855 by Prince Albert. ...
For other uses, see Islington (disambiguation). ...
marché ouvert The opening hours of the Bermondsey Market from 6am until noon (some sources say 4am until 2pm) reflect the ancient law of market ouvert, which was abolished in 1995. Under this law, in number of designated markets, including Bermondsey Market, if an item was sold between sunrise and sunset then its provenance could not be questioned, so stolen goods could be traded and good title would pass to the purchaser[4]. To quote Minister for the Arts Estelle Morris in July 2003 during the Second Reading of the Dealing In Cultural Objects (Offences) Bill: Marché ouvert (Law French for open market) or market overt was a medieval English legal concept related to subsequent ownership of stolen goods. ...
Estelle Morris, Baroness Morris of Yardley, PC (born 1952) is an English Labour politician and member of the House of Lords. ...
- I did not have information about marché ouvert in the deep recesses of my mind, but experts reliably inform me that it no longer exists. The hon. Member for Uxbridge (Mr. Randall) will be surprised to learn that it has been abolished only recently. It used to exist in designated markets, including Bermondsey. I am sure that the promoter will be interested in telling the hon. Member for Southwark, North and Bermondsey (Simon Hughes) about that. In it, items could be sold before sunrise. Believe it or not, in this land of ours, people could sell stolen—my officials put "dodgy" in brackets, but we do not use that term—objects. I assure hon. Members that it has been abolished. I hope that that deals with the fears of the hon. Member for Uxbridge.[5]
Alexander John Randall (born August 5, 1955, Uxbridge) is a Conservative politician in the United Kingdom. ...
Simon Hughes. ...
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