Black plaque № 30071

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# Black Plaque № 30071 From the seventeenth century through to the early twentieth century, Covent Garden's bustling marketplace was the beating heart of London's street trading economy, and it was here that an estimated 100,000 costermongers' donkeys toiled under impossible conditions, hauling pro...
Location
Covent Garden
Inscription
Working Donkeys of Covent Garden. This plaque is in memory of the 100,000 costermongers' donkeys that worked in and around the market