23-700: Stocks Market was a market in central London operating between 1282 and 1737 and for centuries was London's main retail meat and produce market. The market was located to the east of the Walbrook in the heart of the City of London . It was demolished to make way for the building of the Mansion House on the same site. Before the Stocks Market opened, foodstuffs were sold at stalls in Cheapside . There
46-677: A decade). A similar sculpture was made by Franciszek Pinck to a design by André-Jean Lebrun and erected in 1788 as part of the John III Sobieski Monument [ pl ; de ] in Łazienki Park in Warsaw, which was based on Bernini 's equestrian statue of Louis XIV and a sculpture of c. 1693 in Wilanów Palace , also in Warsaw, perhaps inspired by the 1686 portrait of Sobieski by Jerzy Siemiginowski-Eleuter . The sculpture may have been made for
69-587: A distinctly Turkish appearance, including a turban. Vyner had offered in 1668 to donate a statue of Charles for the Royal Exchange when it was rebuilt after the Great Fire of London , but this offer was rejected. Vyner served as Lord Mayor of London in 1674–75, and he presented the statue to the parish of St Stephen Walbrook and had the statue installed in 1675 in the Stocks Market . This
92-457: A period of rapid decline for London's retail markets. Wholesale markets, however, continued to prosper and informal, unregulated markets sprang up to fill the gap in food distribution. The number of costermongers , hawkers and other types of itinerant street vendors increased substantially following the demise of the Stocks Market. The diarist Samuel Pepys recorded a visit to Stocks Market. Thence with mighty content homeward, and in my way at
115-592: A prestigious location. The Bank of England and the Royal Exchange had been built nearby, and the site was chosen for the Mansion House , the official residence of the Lord Mayor of London. The Stocks Market buildings were demolished in 1737 and the market was moved to Fleet ditch and renamed the Fleet Market . In 1829, Fleet Market was rebuilt in Farringdon Street. Following its relocation,
138-576: A staff in his right hand. The sculpture stands on a tall plinth of stone ashlars, with moulded base and cornice, and rounded ends. The original sculpture was made in Italy, but the sculptor is not known. It portrayed the Polish commander John III Sobieski riding down a Turkish soldier (said by some sources to commemorate his victory at the Battle of Vienna in 1683, although it pre-dates the battle by at least
161-464: Is much worse In another poem Marvell imagined the horse in discussion with the horse from the equestrian statue of Charles I , re-erected later the same year at Charing Cross , the two horses together comparing their riders and berating the state of the nation. The statue was removed in 1739 to permit the construction of the Mansion House on the site of the Stocks Market, and was given back to Vyner's grandnephew, also Robert Viner. Some years later,
184-594: Is the historic London Stone (the latter situated on Cannon Street). Within the ward is also the Walbrook Club , a private dining club founded in 2000; this was designed by Mark Birley of Annabel's , and is set in a Queen Anne-style townhouse . Walbrook is one of 25 wards in the City of London, each electing an Alderman and Commoners (the City equivalent of a Councillor ) to the Court of Common Council of
207-455: The Bank of England and the Mansion House . The street runs between Cannon Street and Bank junction , though vehicular traffic can only access it via Bucklersbury, a nearby side-road off Queen Victoria Street . A street called Walbrook runs along the lower part of the brook's course. A valley is clearly visible; this can be seen most clearly at the junction of Walbrook and Cannon Street . On
230-684: The City of London Corporation . Only electors who are Freemen of the City of London are eligible to stand. The ward is represented in the City of London Corporation by John Garbutt Alderman and the Common Councilmen James Thomson (Deputy) and Peter Bennett. Ackroyd, Peter . London: The Biography ( Chatto & Windus , 2000) p. 33 Equestrian statue of Charles II trampling Cromwell An equestrian statue of Charles II trampling Cromwell stands near Newby Hall in North Yorkshire, England. It
253-620: The King of Poland or the Polish ambassador in London, but it was bought in c. 1672 by the London goldsmith and banker Sir Robert Vyner, 1st Baronet , who was a strong supporter of Charles II, and who had made Charles's new coronation regalia to replace items sold or destroyed before or under the Commonwealth . Vyner had the head of the rider remodelled by Jasper Latham to resemble Charles. The figure interpreted as "Cromwell" retains
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#1732798524962276-500: The Stockes did buy a couple of lobsters, and so home to dinner, where I find my wife and father had dined, and were going out to Hales’s to sit there, so Balty and I alone to dinner, and in the middle of my grace, praying for a blessing upon (these his good creatures), my mind fell upon my lobsters: upon which I cried, Odd zooks! and Balty looked upon me like a man at a losse what I meant, thinking at first that I meant only that I had said
299-566: The availability of water and drainage from the Walbrook that ran alongside and also due to the management of the London Bridge wardens. In the fifteenth century there were public latrines in the market which were flushed with running water from the Walbrook. By 1543, the market had 25 stalls for fishmongers, 18 stalls for butchers and 16 chambers above, rented to various traders. Poultry sellers and sellers of dairy produce congregated in
322-423: The city" which were used to punish offenders. By 1345, Cheapside was again thronged with butchers' and fishmongers' stall on market days, obstructing the streets. The butchers and fishmongers were required to move to Stocks Market and the poultrymen to adjoining shops or to Leadenhall Market . By 1359, Stocks Market had 71 'covered plots' in four rows for the sale of meat and fish, and 27 more in covered areas along
345-473: The grace after meat instead of that before meat. But then I cried, what is become of my lobsters? In 1675 an equestrian statue of King Charles II trampling on Oliver Cromwell was erected at the market. The statue was the subject of a satirical poem by Andrew Marvell (1621–1678). But a market, as some say, doth fit the King well, Who the Parliament too — and revenue doth sell; And others, to make
368-433: The market changed its character; whereas Stocks Market was known as a "fish and flesh" market, its replacement primarily sold fruit, herbs and roots. The displacement of Stocks Market and its relocation to a site further away from the city centre, represented a major loss for London's working classes, who worked long hours and had little time to attend markets situated away from central London. The demise of Stocks Market marked
391-545: The outer walls. The fruit and vegetable stalls had moved to an area at St Paul's Churchyard . From 1400, the market was under the control of the Wardens of London Bridge , who let stalls to butchers and fishmongers for the term of their life. Funds raised from rents were used for the maintenance of the bridge. For centuries, Stocks Market was London's largest retail meat and produce market. Hygiene standards are thought to have been better at Stocks Market than elsewhere, due to
414-404: The similitude hold. Say his Majesty too — is oft purchased and sold. 51°30′47″N 0°05′22″W / 51.513°N 0.0895°W / 51.513; -0.0895 Walbrook Walbrook is a Ward of the City of London and a minor street in its vicinity. The ward is named after a river of the same name . The ward of Walbrook contains two of the City's most notable landmarks:
437-491: The street is the church of St Stephen Walbrook , which originally stood on the west bank of the stream, but was rebuilt around 1439 on the east side. In 1666 the church was destroyed in the Great Fire of London ; Christopher Wren built a new church there in 1672, which still stands, to replace it. The Bank of England and the Mansion House , the official residence of the Lord Mayor , are both situated in Walbrook ward, as
460-410: The streets leading to Stocks Market, including Milk Street and Poultry . The market occupied a substantial piece of land in central London; 232 by 150 feet (71 m × 46 m), excluding waste land to the east and west sides, and the building was 25 feet (7.6 m) in height. Stocks Market was destroyed in the Great Fire of London in 1666 and then rebuilt. By the 1730s the area had become
483-413: Was concern that waste from these stalls would disrupt King Edward I's ceremonial entry into London in 1274, and the butchers' and fishmongers' stalls were moved to the site of the future Stocks Market. Stocks Market was formally established in 1282 by Henry le Walleis , the Lord Mayor of London . It was rebuilt on the same site in 1410–1411. The market was named after "the only fixed pair of stocks in
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#1732798524962506-514: Was previously sited at Gautby Hall in Lincolnshire, and was originally installed at the Stocks Market in the City of London . It is a Grade II listed building . The 17th-century statue is made of Carrara marble . It shows a man with the features of King Charles II in armour and riding a horse, which is walking over and trampling a figure lying on the ground representing Oliver Cromwell . The rider holds bronze reins in his left hand and
529-507: Was the location of the last fixed stocks in the City of London , near Cornhill , above the outlet of a conduit fed by a lead pipe from Tyburn . In a satirical poem, Andrew Marvell wondered whether the statue was deliberate revenge for the losses Vyner had suffered with the Stop of the Exchequer , When each one that passes finds fault with the horse. Yet all do affirme that the King
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