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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

Trudy

Trudy Report 12 Dec 2006 13:58

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

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

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?