Old Market

Local nameOld Market
LocationBristol, UK

Old Market is a Conservation Area of national significance, to the east of the city centre in Bristol, England. Old Market Street and West Street form the central axis of the area, which is approximately bounded by New Street and Lawfords Gate to the north, Trinity Road and Trinity Street to the east, Unity Street and Waterloo Road to the south and Temple Way Underpass to the west.

Old Market Street is an ancient market place which developed immediately outside the walls of Bristol Castle on what was for many centuries the main road to London; on market days Jacob Street and Redcross Street, which run parallel to Old Market Street, took the through traffic. Old Market's Pie Poudre Court, which dealt out summary justice to market-day offenders, was not formally abolished until 1971.

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Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Market,_Bristol

Address 40 Old Market Street, Bristol BS2 0ER, United Kingdom

Coordinates 51°27'21.769" N -2°34'50.79" E

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