Billingsgate

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ward of the City of London

Billingsgate is a historic ward in the City of London, traditionally associated with its famous riverside fish market and commercial activity along the Thames.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Billingsgate, City of London	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ward of the City of London ⓘ
adjacentTo	Bridge Ward NERFINISHED ⓘ Candlewick Ward NERFINISHED ⓘ Langbourn Ward NERFINISHED ⓘ Tower Ward NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith	Billingsgate Fish Market relocation to Poplar ⓘ
contains	Billingsgate Ward NERFINISHED ⓘ Custom House (London) NERFINISHED ⓘ Old Billingsgate Market building NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
elects	Alderman of the City of London ⓘ Common Councilmen of the City of London NERFINISHED ⓘ
fishMarketRelocatedTo	Canary Wharf area NERFINISHED ⓘ Poplar, London NERFINISHED ⓘ
governedBy	City of London Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasArchitecturalStyle	Victorian commercial architecture (Old Billingsgate Market) ⓘ
hasElectoralSystem	business vote system of the City of London ⓘ
hasFeature	proximity to London Bridge ⓘ proximity to Tower of London ⓘ riverside quays ⓘ
hasHeritage	historic riverside commercial district ⓘ
hasHistoricalFunction	fish market district ⓘ port and landing place on the Thames ⓘ
hasLandUse	commercial premises ⓘ event and exhibition space (Old Billingsgate) ⓘ offices ⓘ
hasNameOrigin	medieval riverside gate of London’s city wall ⓘ
hasPostalArea	EC3 NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasReputation	association with coarse or abusive language in English idiom ⓘ
historicalPeriod	early modern London ⓘ medieval London ⓘ
historicalUse	landing place for coal and other goods ⓘ landing place for fish ⓘ
knownFor	Billingsgate Fish Market NERFINISHED ⓘ Thames-side commerce ⓘ fish trade ⓘ riverside wharves ⓘ
linguisticDerivative	“billingsgate” meaning coarse or abusive language ⓘ
locatedIn	City of London ⓘ England ⓘ London NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOn	Thames ⓘ surface form: River Thames
marketRelocatedIn	1982 ⓘ
partOf	historic City of London ⓘ
transportNearby	Bank Underground station NERFINISHED ⓘ Fenchurch Street railway station NERFINISHED ⓘ Monument Underground station NERFINISHED ⓘ Tower Hill Underground station NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Wards of the City of London → hasSubdivision → Billingsgate ⓘ

Billingsgate Market → relocatedFrom → Billingsgate ⓘ

this entity surface form: Billingsgate, City of London