Descriptive map of London Poverty Section 36 1889

Descriptive map of London Poverty Section 36 1889Section 36 of the original Descriptive map of London Poverty, 1889, compiled and hand coloured by Charles Booth and assistants. The section covers the area between Old Barge House Street in the North West; British Wharf in the North East; Adam Court in the South East and St Mary's Street in the South West. The districts covered are Borough and Elephant and Castle.

People in the City go about their daily lives surrounded by the wrecks of bomb damaged buildings surrounding St Paul's Cathedral

Watercolour drawing

Merton and Hounslow

View shows the fork of Buckland Crescent on the left and Belsize Park and the building in the centre is the building acquired by the Hall School in 1916

It was a commercial success

Dunston Road in the North East

Watercolour in wove paper

The section covers the area between Edge Terrace in the North West

focusing on the capital's vibrant LGBTQ+ scene

Construction of District Line underground railway

The sign for the Elephant pub is visible

The Lord and Lady of May can be seen on the left hand side (the 'Lady' may in fact be a man) and also a rough hurdy-gurdy player and other disreputable characters in the throng