Descriptive map of London Poverty Section 8 1889

Descriptive map of London Poverty Section 8 1889Section 8 of the original Descriptive map of London Poverty, 1889, compiled and hand coloured by Charles Booth and assistants. The section covers the area between Shacklewell Lane in the North West; Penbury Road, in the North East; Mare Street in the South East and Waterloo Street in the South West. The districts covered are London Fields, Hackney.

Regent Street was already a major West End shopping street

The districts covered are Peckham and Nunhead

the London Museum pigeon

just before the curved terrace was replaced by a similar but grander version

square dancing

From Reid's Views of Westminster and London VOL

In the distance are the dome of University College and St

including London's better-known sites

The section covers the area between Lambs Passage in the North West

North America

Ahoy me hearties

Sailing barge at Greenmoor Wharf