A City Chop House 19th century 38.131/1 Salmon shipped in from Cordova

Salmon shipped in from Cordova

These docks were not linked by rail

George's Church

'Oliver Twist' by Charles Dickens has a description of Smithfield as being a very busy

is on the extreme right and Wellington St is in the middle distance

A City Chop House 19th century 38.131/1 Salmon shipped in from CordovaA City Chop House. A waiter carries a tankard and bowl towards the gentlemen diners at their table. The wooden partitions between tables are typical of the London chop house of the period such establishments were common in the City and along Fleet Street and the Strand until late Victorian times. They offered a lunch of meat and a pint of ale for as little as sixpence.