Barking Market

{{Short description|Market in Barking, London, England}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox retail market | retail_market_name = Barking Town Centre Market | image = Street Market in Barking (geograph 3514440).jpg | image_width = | caption = | location = [[Barking, London|Barking]], Barking and Dagenham, Greater London | coordinates = {{coord|51.537|N|0.0785|E|display=title, inline}} | address = East Street | opening_date = Chartered 1175, revived 1991 | manager = [[Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council]] | owner = [[Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council]] | environment_type = Outdoor | goods_sold = | normal_market_days = Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday | number_of_tenants = 180 | floor_area = | parking = | website = {{URL|https://www.lbbd.gov.uk/}} }} '''Barking Market''' (also called '''Barking Town Centre Market''') is a market located in [[Barking, London|Barking]] in the [[London Borough of Barking and Dagenham]] in East [[London]], England.<ref name="barking market">{{ cite web|url=http://www.barking-dagenham.gov.uk/3-info/shopping-stalls.html |title=Markets |publisher=Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090607023630/http://www.barking-dagenham.gov.uk/3-info/shopping-stalls.html |archive-date=2009-06-07 }}</ref> It operates on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday.<ref name="charfleets">{{cite web|url=http://www.charfleets.com/barking-market.html |publisher=Charfleets Market Operators |title=Barking Market |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100218145236/http://www.charfleets.com/barking-market.html |archive-date=2010-02-18 }}</ref><ref name="NFTF">{{cite web | url=http://www.nmtf.co.uk/markets.php?id_mar=1005 | archive-url=https://archive.today/20131116070257/http://www.nmtf.co.uk/markets.php?id_mar=1005 | url-status=dead | archive-date=16 November 2013 | publisher=National Market Traders Federation | title=Barking | access-date=16 November 2013 }}</ref><ref name="charfleets2">{{Cite web |title=Barking Market {{!}} LBBD |url=https://www.lbbd.gov.uk/barking-market |access-date=2022-08-16 |website=www.lbbd.gov.uk}}</ref>

Barking has an ancient market right issued between 1175 and 1179.<ref name="barking ancient">{{cite web | url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=42724 | title =The ancient parish of Barking: Agrarian history, markets and fairs, A History of the County of Essex: Volume 5 }}</ref> The market declined in the 18th century and has since been revived. The current market dates from 1991 and was expanded in 2001.<ref name="barking market"/>

It is located on East Street, Barking and is operated by Barking and Dagenham Council.

It is not to be confused with Dagenham Sunday Market,<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.dagenhamsundaymarket.com/find-the-market/| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151209202314/http://dagenhamsundaymarket.com/find-the-market| archive-date = 2015-12-09| title = Find The Market {{!}} Dagenham}}</ref> which takes its name from Dagenham where it used to be located in Chequers Lane, but which relocated to Barking, near Creekmouth, in 2002. It closed in 2020<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.time1075.net/159452-2-closing-dagenham-sunday-market/ | title=Dagenham Market operator explains why it's closing down permanently | date=3 June 2020 }}</ref>

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[[Category:Buildings and structures in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham]] [[Category:Retail markets in London]] [[Category:Tourist attractions in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham]] [[Category:Barking, London|Market]]