Working Horses in London

For centuries, London and its citizens relied on horses, donkeys and mules to provide the necessities and luxuries of life. There was scarcely an event or activity in England's capital that did not in some way require equine support. A twelfth-century description of London's most famous horse fair, Smithfield, shows the importance of the packhorses, swift palfreys, powerful warhorses and draught m...