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Borough Market has occupied its current site beside London Bridge since at least 1756, though trading on or near this spot may date back over a thousand years. A reference in a 1014 document to a market at the southern bridgehead suggests continuous commerce here since the Viking era, making it one of the oldest continuously operating food markets in the country. The present layout, sheltered beneath Victorian wrought-iron and glass canopies threaded through railway arches, grew piecemeal from ...