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There has been a market on the site since 1638 when [[Charles I of England|King Charles]] gave a licence for flesh, fowl and roots to be sold on Spittle Fields, which was then a rural area on the eastern outskirts of London.<ref>[http://www.spitalfields.co.uk/ Spitalfields Market] Published 2008. Retrieved 17 June 2009.</ref> After the rights to a market had seemingly lapsed during the time of the [[Commonwealth of England|Commonwealth]], the market was re-founded in 1682 by [[Charles II of England|King Charles II]] in order to feed the burgeoning population of a new suburb of London.
Market buildings were sited on the rectangular patch of open ground which retained the name Spittle Fields: demarcated by Crispin Street to the west, Lamb Street to the north, Red Lion Street (later subsumed into [[Commercial Street, London|Commercial Street]]) to the east and Paternoster Row (later known as Brushfield Street) to the south.<ref>[http://www.mernick.co.uk/thhol/p_spmk41.html Spitalfields (Part 2) From "The Copartnership Herald", Vol. I, no. 11 (Christmas 1931-January 1932)]</ref><ref>Fiona Rule (2008)'' The Worst Street in London''. Hersham, Ian Allan: 25</ref> The existing buildings were built in 1887 to service a wholesale market, owned by the [[City of London Corporation]].
Spitalfields Market was extended westward to Steward Street in 1926, destroying the northern extensions of Crispin Street and Gun Street in the process.<ref>Fiona Rule (2008)'' The Worst Street in London''. Hersham, Ian Allan: 201</ref>
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At the east end, and on the other side of Commercial Street, is [[Christ Church, Spitalfields|Christ Church]], a large [[Nicholas Hawksmoor]] church.
In January 2011 Spitalfields received the "Best Private Market" award by the National Association of British Market Authorities.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cisionwire.com/parker-ward-ltd/historic-london-market-wins-national-award|title=Parker Ward Ltd – Press release|publisher=''[[Cision|Cision Wire]]''|accessdate=27 January 2011}}</ref>
Spitalfields currently hosts a street food market named The Startisans Market every Friday, a style market every Saturday, and occasional art markets at the weekend.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.spitalfields.co.uk/|title=Spitalfields E1|publisher='Spitalfields E1'|accessdate=22 November 2016}}</ref>
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*[http://www.spitalfields.co.uk/ Spitalfields Market - Official Website]
*[http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-206456-spitalfields-market-bethnal-green Old Spitalfields Market - English Heritage Listed Building details]
*[http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/learning/features_facts/digging/people/s1.html The Roman cemetery discovered during the rebuilding of Spitalfields Market]
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