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Charles Booth and the London poor
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Darryl | Report | 30 Oct 2004 09:03 |
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Anyone with 19th century ancestors in central and east London might want to visit the Charles Booth archive held by the London School of Economics. Booth walked London's streets between 1886 and 1903 to create a social map, describing in detail the levels of poverty (or wealth) from street to street. He kept notebooks and drew colour-coded maps to represent his findings. A full index and introduction are on-line at http://booth.(lse).ac.uk/ (remove brackets). The maps can be viewed with the same Djavu system used by 1837 on-line, with a zoom facilty to help you focus in on where your ancestors lived. It has certainly helped me form a clearer picture of the status of my London ancestors and of the kind of people they grew up among. |
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Kathleen | Report | 30 Oct 2004 11:27 |
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Hi Darryl, this is a brilliant resource and well worth a visit if you have London ancestors. It makes fascinating reading. thanks for posting it. Kathy |
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