B/W print; the last shops in St James's Market, 1900 - 1922

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Reference number	1999/2854
Description	The Haymarket: The last of St James's Market. A narrow street scene showing to the right a barbers/hairdressers on the corner of the street, followed by a newsagents. Beyond this is a wooden fence which appears to run up to a row of houses. On the left hand side is another row of houses/buildings, with a cart in the foreground of the shot.
Photographer	unknown
Dates	1900 - 1922
Collection	Photographs
Object type	B/w print
Photograph number	Ukn
Location	Acton Depot
Topics	Streets and buildings
Completeness	75% 75% ?

• Physical description

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  Width	mm

  Item content

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  Text	Sign: G Slade Vans By the Hour Sign: Shaving Window: Haircutting Window: Toilet Saloon Shaving Advert: Batey Ginger Beer Advert: Lyons Tea Advert: R White's Ginger Ale Soda Water Advert: R White's Oatmeal Stout Advert: Player's Weight Advert: R White's Cherry Cider
  Annotation	THE HAYMARKET: THE LAST OF ST JAMES'S MARKET. (for description see over) Photograph (Ref No 859C) supplied by the LCC, February, 1923. Must not be used without sanction of the Deputy Clerk. THE HAYMARKET: ST JAMES'S MARKET. St James's Market originated with the suppression of the old St James's Fair in 1664. In place of the Fair a Market was proclaimed, and the latter gradually assumed the form of a permanent settlement of shops in the courts and byways that arose on the west side of the north end of the Haymarket. The circumstances were very similar to those that led to the establishment of Shepherd's Market (off Piccadilly) on the suppression of the old May Fair. At the end of the XVIIIth Century St James's Market extended from the Haymarket to a considerable distance to the west. The formation of Regent St swept away a large portion and subsequently the market declined in repute and contracted in area, until in the 'eighties of the last century it comprised one main court, running off the top end of the Haymarket, with two or three smaller courts branching off it. The shops were then of a very commonplace character, and among them was a rag-and-bone emporium. On the other side of Regent St, in Jermyn St, a shop or two of a better class survived, among them being a poulterer's and a potato merchant's, which remained here until the south-side Regent St corner of Jermyn St was demolished at the end of 1922. The Haymarket section of the Market underwent a sort of tidying up in the early years of the XXth Century, chiefly through the rear portions of new buildings encroaching on to the site, and eventually the only shops remaining in the principal court were those shown in the photograph. In 1922 two rows of tall stone buildings were built on the site. These were completed in 1923. PS - The only west-end "markets" of the type of St James's Market now existing are Crown Court (in Pall Mall, opposite Marlborough House) and Shepherd's Market (Mayfair).

  Design

  Attribute	Value
  Shot	Medium exterior

• People involved

  Role	Person(s) involved
  Photographer	unknown, 1900 - 1922

• Associated companies, people and places

  Places

  Borough	Westminster,
  Location	Haymarket, Westminster, SW1

  People

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  People	Charles White -