Halifax New Market rent days
Notice of rent days and obligations relating to shops, stalls and standings in Halifax New Market
Author: Unknown
Date: not dated
Location: Halifax
Format: Handbill
Document ID: 102231
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The New Market was erected in 1790, between Southgate and the present Market Street. It was apparently a red-brick construction, brick being more common than stone for local civic buildings in the 18th Century. The piece of land eventually became the site of the Borough Market, which is there today.
In 1810, an act of Parliament was acquired to improve the New Market, as stalls were being put up on thoroughfares in town and livestock slaughter was occurring away from the official slaughterhouse. As a consequence, from 1810 until 1853, the New Market was run successfully as a private company, composed largely of the original proprietors. Share values had doubled by 1853.
Although the date of this document is not known, in 1853 the annual rental for butchers' shops was £10 and fish shops £18; other shops paid £10 and stalls paid 26 shillings. The rent collector received a salary of £80 per annum and the clerk £60.
The Market was acquired by the Corporation for £7,700 by compulsory purchase in 1853. Work on the current Borough Market began in 1891.
