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A drawing of Jacob's Island from 1813. Jacob's Island was a notorious slum in Bermondsey, London, in the 19th century.It was located on the south bank of the River Thames, approximately delineated by the modern streets of Mill Street, Bermondsey Wall West, George Row and Wolseley Street.
Part of Charles Booth's poverty map showing the Old Nichol in the East End of London. Published 1889 in Life and Labour of the People in London. The red areas are "middle class, well-to-do", light blue areas are “poor, 18s to 21s a week for a moderate family”, dark blue areas are “very poor, casual, chronic want”, and black areas are ...
The central part of building survives and has housed the Imperial War Museum since 1936. [1] Blake's House: 18th century: 1965: Soho: Birthplace of William Blake at No. 28 Broad (now Broadwick) Street; demolished to make way for a block of flats. Worshipful Company of Brewers' Hall: 1670–1673.1 [clarification needed] 1940: City of London: In ...
Dorset Street, originally known as Datchet Street, was a street in Spitalfields, East London, once situated at the heart of the area's rookery. By repute it was "the worst street in London", [1] and it was the scene of the brutal murder of Mary Jane Kelly by Jack the Ripper on 9 November 1888. The murder was committed at Kelly's lodgings which ...
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Flower and Dean Street was a road at the heart of the Spitalfields rookery in the East End of London. It was one of the most notorious slums of the Victorian era, being described in 1883 as "perhaps the foulest and most dangerous street in the whole metropolis", [1] and was closely associated with the victims of Jack the Ripper.
The Great Smog of London, or Great Smog of 1952, was a severe air pollution event that affected London, England, in December 1952.A period of unusually cold weather, combined with an anticyclone and windless conditions, collected airborne pollutants—mostly arising from the use of coal—to form a thick layer of smog over the city.
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