Camden Town Market is described by Henry Mayhew in 1851 as consisting of 50 stalls.[2]
Management by the police (1867–1927)
In 1867, section six of the Metropolitan Streets Act effectively prohibited street trading. Following public meetings and press criticism, the act was amended within weeks. Section one of the Metropolitan Streets Act Amendment Act 1867 exempted traders but they were now subject to regulation by the police.[3]
The market was still on the High Street in 1878:
Saturday evenings the upper part of the street, thronged as it is with stalls of itinerant vendors of the necessaries of daily life, and with the dwellers in the surrounding districts, presents to an ordinary spectator all the attributes of a market place.[4]
Benedetta's The Street Markets of London makes only a passing reference to Inverness Street Market indicating that it was trading on weekdays only with mostly fruit and vegetables to purchase.[6]
Journalist, author, and broadcaster Bernard Levin grew up on Plender Street.[7]
^Camden History Society (2020). Camden Street Names and their origins(PDF) (Report). London: Camden History Society. p. 81. Retrieved 24 September 2020.