A corn exchange is a building where merchants trade grains. The word "corn" in

British English British English (BrE, en-GB, or BE) is, according to Lexico, Oxford Dictionaries, "English language, English as used in Great Britain, as distinct from that used elsewhere". More narrowly, it can refer specifically to the English language in ...

denotes all cereal grains, such as wheat and barley; in the United States these buildings were called grain exchange. Such trade was common in towns and cities across England until the 19th century, but as the trade became centralised in the 20th century many such buildings were used for other purposes. Several have since become

historical History (derived ) is the systematic study and the documentation of the human activity. The time period of event before the invention of writing systems is considered prehistory. "History" is an umbrella term comprising past events as well ...

landmarks. In the United States, the Minneapolis Grain Exchange is still used to manage the commodities and futures exchange of grain products.

History in England

Corn exchanges were initially held as open markets normally controlled by the town or city authorities. Dedicated corn exchanges start appearing in the earlier part of the 18th century, increasing greatly following the repeal of the

Corn Laws The Corn Laws were tariffs and other trade restrictions on imported food and corn enforced in the United Kingdom between 1815 and 1846. The word ''corn'' in British English denotes all cereal grains, including wheat, oats and barley. They wer ...

in 1846. They declined after the

Great Depression of British Agriculture The Great Depression of British Agriculture occurred during the late nineteenth century and is usually dated from 1873 to 1896. Contemporaneous with the global Long Depression, Britain's agricultural depression was caused by the dramatic fall in g ...

in the late 19th century, and many exchange buildings were converted for other civic uses.

List of corn exchanges

Australia

* Corn Exchange, Sydney

Canada

Winnipeg Grain Exchange The Winnipeg Grain Exchange (Known too as ''ICE Futures Canada'') was established in 1887, and dissolved in 1986. It was also the predecessor of the Winnipeg Commodity Exchange. List of presidents :''This table represents the list of president ...

Ireland

* The Corn Exchange, Dublin, a Commedia dell'arte theatre company founded in 1995 in Dublin. The Corn Exchange, Athy, Kildare, now a court house.

United Kingdom

''See also'': Corn Exchanges in England Microcosm of London Plate 033 - Corn Exchange (tone)

The Exchange, Bristol The Exchange is a Grade I listed building built in 1741–43 by John Wood the Elder, on Corn Street, near the junction with Broad Street in Bristol, England. It was previously used as a corn and general trade exchange but is now used as offi ...

* Bishop's Stortford Corn Exchange * Bury St Edmund's Corn Exchange * Corn Exchange, Bedford * Corn Exchange, Blandford Forum. Se
The Corn Exchange
* Corn Exchange, Brighton. See Brighton Dome * Corn Exchange, Camborne *

Cambridge Corn Exchange Cambridge Corn Exchange is a concert venue located in Cambridge, England with a capacity up to 1,681 people. Construction The site, on the corner of Wheeler Street and Corn Exchange Street, was earmarked for a new Corn Exchange in 1868 to repla ...

Corn Exchange, Chichester The Corn Exchange (also the Exchange Cinema and the Granada Exchange) is a Grade II* listed building in Chichester, West Sussex, England. Built in 1833, the building has also been used as a Granada cinema. It is currently leased to a number of ...

* Cupar Corn Exchange * Dalkeith Corn Exchange * Corn Exchange, Devizes * Corn Exchange, Exeter * Doncaster Corn Exchange * Edinburgh Corn Exchange * Corn Exchange, Faringdon * Corn Exchange, Haverhill * Corn Exchange, Hitchin * Corn Exchange,

Ipswich Ipswich () is a port town and borough in Suffolk, England, of which it is the county town. The town is located in East Anglia about away from the mouth of the River Orwell and the North Sea. Ipswich is both on the Great Eastern Main Line r ...

* Palace Theatre (Kilmarnock), originally opened as a Corn Exchange in 1863 * Corn Exchange, King's Lynn * Corn Exchange, Kirkcaldy * Leeds Corn Exchange * Leicester Corn Exchange * Corn Exchange, Lewes * Corn Exchange, Lichfield * Lincoln Corn Exchange *

Liverpool Liverpool is a City status in the United Kingdom, city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England. With a population of in 2019, it is the List of English districts by population, 10th largest English district by population and its E ...

Corn Exchange * London Corn Exchange on Mark Lane, the UK's primary agricultural exchange, which later became part of Liffe. * Corn Exchange, Maidstone (see the Hazlitt Theatre) * Corn Exchange, Manchester *

Market Rasen Market Rasen ( ) is a town and civil parish within the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. The River Rase runs through it east to west, approximately north-east from Lincoln, east from Gainsborough, 14 miles (23 km) west of L ...

Corn Exchange *

Newark-on-Trent Newark-on-Trent or Newark () is a market town and civil parish in the Newark and Sherwood district in Nottinghamshire, England. It is on the River Trent, and was historically a major inland port. The A1 road bypasses the town on the line of t ...

Corn Exchange *

Corn Exchange, Newbury The Corn Exchange is an events and concert venue located in the Market Place in Newbury, Berkshire, England. The structure, which was commissioned as a corn exchange and is now used as an events venue, is a Grade II listed building. History ...

* Corn Exchange, Newport * Corn Exchange, Preston * Corn Exchange, Rochester * Corn Exchange, Sheffield * Corn Exchange, Sleaford * St Ives Corn Exchange * Corn Exchange, Tonbridge * Corn Exchange, Tunbridge Wells * Corn Exchange, Wallingford * Corn Exchange, Winchester * Corn Exchange, Witney

United States

* Minneapolis Grain Exchange *

Philadelphia Corn Exchange The Merchants' Exchange Building is a historic building located on the triangular site bounded by Dock Street, Third Street, and Walnut Street in the Old City neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was designed by architect William S ...

* Sioux City Grain Exchange

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