Smithfield, London
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Smithfield, properly known as West Smithfield, is a district located in Central London, part of Farringdon Without, the most westerly ward of the City of London, England.
Smithfield Meat Market
Depiction of Wat Tyler's demise by the hand of Sir William Walworth in the Peasants' Revolt of 1381, with Richard II watching at right
Cloth Fair, West Smithfield, looking West, 1904 by Philip Norman
Old Smithfield in 1855, an outdoor market
St Bartholomew-the-Great
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The Priory Church of St Bartholomew the Great, sometimes abbreviated to St-Barts-the-Great, is a medieval church in the Church of England's Diocese of London located in Smithfield within the City of L
Smithfield, London
…from the 12th century to the 19th century the area hosted Bartholomew Fair, and the area also contains the City's oldest surviving church building, St Bartholomew-the-Great, dating from 1123 (most City churches were destroyed in the Great Fire of 1666). The area is located just beyond the New Gate and formerly its prison…
West facade
Interior facing east: Sanctuary in centre with Sir Robert Chamberlayne's monument (1615) on the left wall, opposite a memorial tablet to Alderman Sir John Percival and Agnes Smallpace
Entrance to the church
South aisle, looking east towards the Sanctuary and Lady chapel