Market Place, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire

Nottingham Market Place is filled with stalls. In the foreground cheap china, probably seconds, is attracting considerable interest. The Exchange was bulit in 1724-6 and commanded the Market Place. It was was demolished in 1927 and replaced with Council Offices. The area was once the centre-point between the old Norman town of Snottingham (situated around the Castle Rock) and the old Saxon town which was based around the current Lace Market at St. Mary's Church. The two towns were divided by a wall to separate the two communities on Market day. The wall was demolished in 1713.

Location

Nottingham Nottingham

Period

Victorian (1837 - 1901)

Tags

market food clothing people victorian (1837 - 1901)