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Northcote Road was once the site of a branch of the Falcon Brook - one of London's lost rivers. This was covered over in the 19th century to become part of the capital's sewage system.
In 1863 a busy market sprung up around the newly-built Clapham Junction station. At the same time a few stalls established themselves on Northcote Road. After the market was evicted from St John's Road in 1910 they all moved their stalls to Northcote Road. The market started to decline in the late 1990s, but investment and regeneration initiatives turned the situation around and the market adapted to the changing population of the area. The thriving market now also includes craft stalls, while also doing good business in fruit and vegetables, olives and bread.
Info from Wandsworth Council website
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