# Stratford Market

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Former East London fruit and vegetable market

**Stratford Market** was a [wholesale fruit and vegetable market](/source/Wholesale_marketing_of_food), located in [Stratford](/source/Stratford%2C_London) in the [London Borough of Newham](/source/London_Borough_of_Newham). Opened in 1879 by the [Great Eastern Railway](/source/Great_Eastern_Railway) as a competitor to [Spitalfields Market](/source/Old_Spitalfields_Market) in the [City of London](/source/City_of_London), the market closed in 1991 and consolidated at the [New Spitalfields Market](/source/New_Spitalfields_Market) in [Leyton](/source/Leyton).[1] The site is now home to [Stratford Market Depot](/source/Stratford_Market_Depot).[2]

## History

[Stratford Langthorne Abbey](/source/Stratford_Langthorne_Abbey), a [Cistercian](/source/Cistercians) monastic abbey was founded in 1135 on the site. The abbey survived until the [dissolution of the monasteries](/source/Dissolution_of_the_Monasteries) in 1538.[3] In 1879, the [Great Eastern Railway](/source/Great_Eastern_Railway) opened a new wholesale fruit and vegetable market at Stratford to rival [Spitalfields Market](/source/Old_Spitalfields_Market),[4] and the nearby railway station was renamed [Stratford Market](/source/Stratford_High_Street_DLR_station) on 1 November 1880. To serve this market, a large goods depot was located south of the station on the western side of the railway line. Additionally, a coal depot served the Patent Victoria Stone Works.

In 1907 the market depot became the centre for the distribution of bananas in London with [Fyffes](/source/Fyffes) and Elders both having depots on the site.[5] The railway depot closed in the 1960s although the sidings were used for storage of withdrawn rolling stock for a number of years afterwards.[5]

After 112 years, the wholesale market closed on 13 May 1991, moving to a new purpose built site in [Leyton](/source/Leyton) - [New Spitalfields Market](/source/New_Spitalfields_Market).[6]

## Today

The former Stratford Market station

The market buildings and sidings were demolished in 1992 to make way for the [Stratford Market Jubilee line depot](/source/Stratford_Market_Depot).[6] To commemorate the former use of the site as a fruit and vegetable market, the new facility was named after the old market.[7][8] Other areas of the site are in industrial and commercial use. The nearby railway station reopened as part of the [Docklands Light Railway](/source/Docklands_Light_Railway) in 2011 as [Stratford High Street](/source/Stratford_High_Street_DLR_station).[9]

## External links

- [Historic photos of Stratford Market](https://www.newhamphotos.com/?q=Stratford%20market), [London Borough of Newham Heritage Service](/source/London_Borough_of_Newham_Heritage_Service)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["History of New Spitalfields Market"](https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/supporting-businesses/business-support-and-advice/wholesale-markets/new-spitalfields-market/history-of-new-spitalfields-market). *[City of London](/source/City_of_London)*. Retrieved 26 August 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Stratford | Stratford Wholesale Fruit & Vegetable Market. 1954"](https://www.newhamphotos.com/p607709718/h1D7A4C0D). *London Borough of Newham - Photos*. Retrieved 25 August 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["West Ham: Stratford Abbey | British History Online"](https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/essex/vol6/pp112-114). *www.british-history.ac.uk*. Retrieved 28 May 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-:2_4-0)** Cherry, Bridget. (2005). *London. 5, East*. O'Brien, Charles., Pevsner, Nikolaus, 1902-1983. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-300-10701-3](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-300-10701-3). [OCLC](/source/OCLC_(identifier)) [57431801](https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/57431801).

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Watling_4–5_5-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Watling_4–5_5-1) Watling, John (January 1985). "London Goods stations of the Great Eastern Railway Part 3". *Great Eastern Journal* (41): 4–5.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-:0_6-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-:0_6-1) ["The Traders' Tale; Monitor - Local Arts"](https://www.londonsscreenarchives.org.uk/title/2653/). *London's Screen Archives*. London Borough of Newham. 1991. Retrieved 28 May 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-:12_7-0)** Mitchell, Bob, C. Eng. (2003). *Jubilee Line extension : from concept to completion*. London: Thomas Telford. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-7277-3028-2](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7277-3028-2). [OCLC](/source/OCLC_(identifier)) [51945284](https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/51945284).{{[cite book](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_book)}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_multiple_names:_authors_list))

1. **[^](#cite_ref-:22_8-0)** Bennett, David. (2004). *Architecture of the Jubilee Line Extension*. Institution of Civil Engineers. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-7277-4577-4](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-7277-4577-4). [OCLC](/source/OCLC_(identifier)) [935052993](https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/935052993).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-:1_9-0)** ["New £211m DLR Olympic route opens"](https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-14727813). *BBC News*. 31 August 2011. Retrieved 24 June 2020.

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