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A market house or market hall is a covered space historically used as a marketplace to exchange goods and services such as provisions or livestock, sometimes combined with spaces for public or civic functions on the upper floors and often with a jail or lockup in the cellar or basement floor. Market houses usually included an arcade to protect traders and their goods from the elements while maintaining private access to most of the building. After this style of market building developed in British market towns, it spread to colonial territories of Great Britain, including Ireland and New England in America. A market house is typically located on a market square, quay or wharf in a central accessible area for the ease of transit of goods and people. More contemporary market halls are often similar to food halls. Gallery File:Charpente de la halle de Lesmont.jpg, Carpentry of the market hall of Lesmont (Aube, France) File:Fermes-halles.png, Geographical distribution of still exis ...
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Market Hall (other)
A market hall is a covered space for selling different goods, mostly groceries. Market Hall may also refer to: * Market house, historically used as a marketplace to buy and/or sell provisions or livestock Bulgaria * Central Sofia Market Hall, enclosed market in Sofia, Bulgaria Hungary * Great Market Hall, Budapest, market hall in Budapest Hungary which opened in 1897 Netherlands * Market Hall (Rotterdam) The Markthal (English language, English: Market Hall) is a residential and office building with a market hall underneath, located in Rotterdam. The building was opened on October 1, 2014, by Queen Máxima Zorreguieta, Máxima of the Kingdom of th ..., residential and office building with a market hall underneath United Kingdom * Amersham Market Hall, listed building in Amersham, Buckinghamshire, England * Bolton Market Hall, listed building in Bolton, England converted into a modern shopping centre * Carlisle Market Hall, covered Victorian market in Carlisle, Cumbria, England ...
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Market Houses
A market house or market hall is a covered space historically used as a marketplace to exchange goods and services such as provisions or livestock, sometimes combined with spaces for public or civic functions on the upper floors and often with a jail or lockup in the cellar or basement floor. Market houses usually included an arcade to protect traders and their goods from the elements while maintaining private access to most of the building. After this style of market building developed in British market towns, it spread to colonial territories of Great Britain, including Ireland and New England in America. A market house is typically located on a market square, quay or wharf in a central accessible area for the ease of transit of goods and people. More contemporary market halls are often similar to food halls. Gallery File:Charpente de la halle de Lesmont.jpg, Carpentry of the market hall of Lesmont (Aube, France) File:Fermes-halles.png, Geographical distribution of still exis ...
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Tolbooth
A tolbooth or town house was the main municipal building of a Scotland, Scottish burgh, from medieval times until the 19th century. The tolbooth usually provided a council meeting chamber, a court house and a jail. The tolbooth was one of three essential features in a Scottish burgh, along with the mercat cross and the kirk (church). Etymology The word tolbooth is derived from the Middle English word ''tolbothe'' that described a town hall containing customs offices and prison cells. History Burghs were created in Scotland from the 12th century. They had the right to hold markets and levy customs and tolls, and tolbooths were originally established for collection of these. Royal burghs were governed by an elected council, led by a Provost (civil), provost and baillies, who also acted as magistrates with jurisdiction over local crime. The tolbooth developed into a central building providing for all these functions. Most tolbooths had a bell, often mounted on a steeple, and l ...
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Tholsel
Tholsel was a name traditionally used for a local municipal and administrative building used to collect tolls and taxes and to administer trade and other documents in Irish towns and cities. It was at one stage one of the most important secular buildings in Ireland's town and cities and the level of importance was reflected in the prominence and size of these buildings as well as the expensive materials and architectural techniques used. Some historic tholsels still exist, notably The Tholsel, Kilkenny. Towards the end of the 18th century the term tholsel was typically swapped for Market House with many of the administrative functions of the original tholsel transferring to another dedicated local council or government building such as a court or sessions house. Similar buildings called wikt:tolsey, tolseys or tolsey houses are found in some English towns and cities, including Burford, Gloucester and Wotton-under-Edge. In both cases the term is derived from the Middle English ''t ...
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Stock Exchange
A stock exchange, securities exchange, or bourse is an exchange where stockbrokers and traders can buy and sell securities, such as shares of stock, bonds and other financial instruments. Stock exchanges may also provide facilities for the issue and redemption of such securities and instruments and capital events including the payment of income and dividends. Securities traded on a stock exchange include stock issued by listed companies, unit trusts, derivatives, pooled investment products and bonds. Stock exchanges often function as "continuous auction" markets with buyers and sellers consummating transactions via open outcry at a central location such as the floor of the exchange or by using an electronic system to process financial transactions. To be able to trade a security on a particular stock exchange, the security must be listed there. Usually, there is a central location for record keeping, but trade is increasingly less linked to a physical place as mod ...
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List Of Market Houses In The Republic Of Ireland
Market houses (sometimes earlier called tholsels) are a notable feature of many Irish towns with varying styles of architecture, size and ornamentation. They are usually located at the centre of the town at which at one stage a market was held. Originally there were one, three, four or even five or more bays on the ground floor which formed a covered Arcade (architecture), arcade to protect traders from the elements and allow access for carts, animals and produce. An upper floor was often used as a court house or ballroom while the cellar or basement was often used as a local gaol. Ornamentation consisted of a cupola, a clock or sometimes a dome or tower. Today most of the market houses in Ireland have been put to use as cultural venues, business premises, town halls or have been left derelict pending development. Many are listed as protected structures while very few have been demolished in recent times due to a newfound architectural, historical and social appreciation. Table of ...
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Market Houses In Northern Ireland
Market houses are a notable feature of several Northern Ireland towns. While these market houses vary in styles of architecture, size and ornamentation, many were designed with three, four or even five bays on the ground floor which were an open arcade. An upper floor was often used as a court house or ballroom. Ornamentation consisted of a cupola, a clock or sometimes a dome or tower. Today most of the market houses in Ireland have been put to use as cultural venues or business premises. Some are still derelict. Table of market houses locations See also * Architecture of Ireland * List of country houses in the United Kingdom * List of towns and villages in Northern Ireland * List of market houses in the Republic of Ireland * Tholsel References Sources * ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland,'' Samuel Lewis (publisher), Samuel Lewis (1838) * ''Buildings at Risk'' (various volumes), Ulster Architectural Heritage Society * ''Saintfield Conservation Area'', The Planning Serv ...
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Market Halls In Berlin
*Friedrich Hitzig 1867 markethall, Zirkus 1, Berlin ** :de:Markthallen in Berlin#Die erste Markthalle in Berlin ** :de:Großes Schauspielhaus#Geschichte By the year 1900, there were 14 market halls (or market houses) in Berlin Berlin ( ; ) is the Capital of Germany, capital and largest city of Germany, by both area and List of cities in Germany by population, population. With 3.7 million inhabitants, it has the List of cities in the European Union by population withi .... References {{coord missing, Berlin Market halls Buildings and structures in Berlin Food retailers ...
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Moot Hall
A moot hall is a meeting or assembly building, traditionally to decide local issues. In Anglo-Saxon England, a low ring-shaped Earthworks (engineering), earthwork served as a moot hill or moot mound, where the elders of the Hundred (county subdivision), hundred would meet to take decisions. Some of these acquired permanent buildings, known as moot halls. Surviving moot halls include: * Moot Hall, Aldeburgh * Moot Hall, Appleby-in-Westmorland, Moot Hall, Appleby * Moot Hall, Brampton * Moot Hall, Daventry * Moot Hall, Elstow * Moot Hall, Hexham * Moot Hall, Holton le Moor * Moot Hall, Keswick * Moot Hall, Newcastle upon Tyne * Moot Hall, Newark-on-Trent * Moot Hall, Maldon * Moot Hall, Mansfield * Moot Hall, St Albans * Moot Hall, Steeple Bumpstead * Moot Hall, Wirksworth See also *Kgotla *Mead hall *Meeting house *Thing (assembly) *Witenagemot References

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Market Square
A market square (also known as a market place) is an urban square meant for trading, in which a market is held. It is an important feature of many towns and cities around the world. A market square is an open area where market stalls are traditionally set out for trading, commonly on one particular day of the week known as ''market day''. A typical English market square consists of a square or rectangular area, or sometimes just a widening of the main street. It is usually in the centre of the town, surrounded by major buildings such as the parish church, town hall, important shops and hotels, and the post office, together with smaller shops and business premises. There is sometimes a permanent covered market building or a cloth hall, and the entire area is a traditional meeting place for local people as well as a centre for trade. File:Rynek Starego Miasta We Wroclawiu (152991773).jpeg, Market Square, Wrocław, Poland File:Sukiennice and Main Market Square Krakow Polan ...
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Market Town
A market town is a settlement most common in Europe that obtained by custom or royal charter, in the Middle Ages, a market right, which allowed it to host a regular market; this distinguished it from a village or city. In Britain, small rural towns with a hinterland of villages are still commonly called market towns, as sometimes reflected in their names (e.g. Downham Market, Market Rasen, or Market Drayton). Modern markets are often in special halls, but this is a relatively recent development. Historically the markets were open-air, held in what is usually called (regardless of its actual shape) the market square or market place, sometimes centred on a market cross ( mercat cross in Scotland). They were and are typically open one or two days a week. In the modern era, the rise of permanent retail establishments reduced the need for periodic markets. History The primary purpose of a market town is the provision of goods and services to the surrounding locality. Al ...
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