From "{J. T.} Parkinson ... designed the new part-covered Portman Market for hay, fruit, vegetables, meat, and also pigs, erected in 1829–30 in Church Street off Edgware Road. Run by the agent to the Portman Estate, Thomas Wilson, the Portman Market was set up to match or eclipse Covent Garden, but never achieved this level of success. It was damaged by fire in the 1880s and subsequently rebuilt, and although the site has now been redeveloped, the market itself lives on in the form of the regular open-air market in Church Street, with stalls stretching from Edgware Road to Lisson Grove."
adds "The site was sold in 1906 and became a vehicle maintenance depot. ... The neighbourhood was badly damaged during the Blitz and the old market site was redeveloped as part of the Church Street estate after the war."
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