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===Urban development=== The emergence of the industrial revolution in the 19th century meant Camden was the North Western Railway's terminal stop in 1837. It was where goods were transported off the tracks and onto the roads by some of London's 250,000 workhorses.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Town|first=Camden Town Unlimited and Euston|date=2019-07-12|title=The History of Camden Market's 'The Stables'|url=https://medium.com/camden-town-unlimited/the-history-of-camden-markets-the-stables-69363507c02f|access-date=2021-10-22|website=Camden Town Unlimited & Euston Town|language=en}}</ref> The whole area was adapted to a transportation function: the Roundhouse (1846), Camden Lock and the Stables were examples of this. Camden Town stands on land that was once the manor of [[Kentish Town]].<ref name="mills38" /> Sir Charles Pratt, a radical 18th-century lawyer and politician, acquired the manor through marriage. In 1791, he started granting leases for houses to be built in the manor.<ref name="mills38" /> In 1816, [[Regent's Canal|the Regent's Canal]] was built through the area.<ref name="Lon Ency">{{cite book|last=Hibbert|first=Christopher|title=London Encyclopaedia|publisher=Macmillan London Ltd|year=2008|page=123|isbn=978-1-4050-4924-5}}</ref> Up to at least the mid-20th century, Camden Town was considered an "unfashionable" locality.<ref name="world and its people">{{cite book |last = Dunton |first = Larkin |title = The World and Its People |url = https://archive.org/details/worldanditspeop05duntgoog |publisher = Silver, Burdett |year = 1896 |page = [https://archive.org/details/worldanditspeop05duntgoog/page/n37 29]}}</ref> The [[Camden Market]]s, which started in 1973 and have grown since then, attract many visitors. A [[1993 Camden Town bombing|1993 bomb blast]] injured 18 people on [[Camden High Street]]. On 9 February 2008, [[Camden Market#Camden Lock Village|Camden Canal market]] suffered a major fire, but there were no injuries.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Blaze ravages London market area|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7237119.stm|work=[[BBC]]|publisher=[[BBC]] | date=9 February 2008 | access-date=2 January 2010}}</ref> It later reopened as Camden Lock Village,<ref>{{Cite news|title=Camden Market continues strongly | url=https://www.minttwist.com/blog/camden-market-continues-strongly-after-fire/ | work=MintTwist | date=22 February 2008 | access-date=29 August 2014}}</ref> until closed in 2015 for redevelopment.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.camdennewjournal.com/camden-market-closes-hawley-wharf-development-begins|title=Market closes down as Hawley Wharf development project begins|date=2015-01-28|author=Alina Polianskaya|publisher=[[Camden New Journal]]|access-date=2 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923200124/http://www.camdennewjournal.com/camden-market-closes-hawley-wharf-development-begins|archive-date=23 September 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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