No. 218: Leonard Street, EC2
Leonard Street, London, Ec2. Photo © Roger Dean 2010.
Below is a conservative estimate by Henry Mayhew of the Billingsgate trade around 1860:
Salmon . . 29,000 boxes, 7 in a box.
Cod, live . . 400,000, averaging 10 lb. each, ‘barrelled’ 15,000 barrels, 50 to a barrel, ‘salted’ 1,600,000, averaging 5 lb. each.
Haddocks . . 2,470,000, at 2 lb. each.
Sole . . 97,520,000, at 1/4 lb. each.
Mackerel . . 23,620,000, at 1 lb. each.
Herrings . . 250,000 barrels, at 150 each.
Bloaters . 265,000 baskets, at 150 each.
Eels . . . . 9,000,000, at 6 to 1 lb.
Whiting . . 17,920,000, at 6 oz. each.
Plaice . . . 36,600,000, at 1 lb, each.
Turbot . . . 800,000, at 7 lb. each.
Brill & Mullet . . 1,220,000, at 3 lb. each.
Oysters . . 500,000,000, at 400 to a peck.
Crabs . . 600,000,
Lobsters . . 1,200,000.
Prawns . . 12 tons, at 120 to 1 lb.
Shrimps . . 192,295 gallons, at 329 to a pint.
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