The historic site in Britain’s capital has been a market for centuries. The local authority voted this week to close it.

A market in the oldest part of London is getting the chop after more than 850 years as a place where meat and animals were bought and sold. A livestock market was established at the site in 1133, and the nearby Cowcross Junction marks where cattle used to be driven through city streets to Smithfield Market,

Smithfield meat market and Billingsgate fish market in London are set to close and be turned into cultural and housing developments