Plaque

Spitalfields Market - Horner - finished

Erection date: 1893

Inscription

This market was finished rebuilding by R. Horner, 1893.

Odd use of English, using the passive to force the subject to be the market rather than Horner. 

Site: Spitalfields Market - Horner - finished (1 memorial)

E1, Lamb Street, Spitalfields Market - Horner Buildings

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Spitalfields Market - Horner - finished

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Old Spitalfields Market

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Robert Horner

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