The Smithfield public house, Hanley
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The Smithfield public house, Hanley
Image: © Steven Birks Taken: 16 Sep 1999
Lower Bethesda Street On the 1898 OS map - opposite The Smithfield, at the junction of Regent Road & Bethesda Street was a Cattle Market. Smithfield was originally, an open area outside the North West walls of the City of London, a market for cattle and horses, which later became the central meat-market - no doubt this is where The Smithfield public house gets its name from
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Image Location
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53.020166
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-2.175866