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Jade

Jade Report 12 Dec 2006 12:14

Just wondering if anyone knows how I can get information on the districts shown on the Cenus informations, ie details of what sort of area it was poor houses or work houses, etc?

Richard in Perth

Richard in Perth Report 12 Dec 2006 13:14

A good one for the London area is the Booth Poverty Map: http://booth.lse.ac.uk/ All the streets are colour-coded depending on how well-to-do the neighbourhood was - from yellow (''Upper-middle and Upper classes. Wealthy'') to black (''Lowest class. Vicious, semi-criminal''). The survey was done in 1898-99 and includes notes on the areas as well as maps. Richard

Trudy

Trudy Report 12 Dec 2006 13:58

Thanks for that Richard - have bookmarked it for later!! Looby

Trudy

Trudy Report 12 Dec 2006 14:14

Hi Richard Managed to just have a quick look - think I'll be going back again!!! But nice to see that a lot of my London rellies seem to have been lower/middle classes rather than living in poverty!!!! regards Looby