[OHM] Parts of surrounding Counties that became part of Greater London

mick bareman at tpg.com.au
Fri May 23 01:34:01 UTC 2014


On Thu, 22 May 2014 08:37:45 +0100
John Levin <john at technolalia.org> wrote:

> On 22/05/2014 01:34, mick wrote:
> <snip>
> >
> > One potential source I have heard of but can't find was a "Poverty map of London" made about the middle of the 19th century. There was also an update created at the end of the 19th Century.
> >
> > Any and All help welcome.
> >
> > mik
> >
> 
> The poverty map you are referring to is probably Charles Booth's, from 
> the late c19th:
> http://booth.lse.ac.uk/cgi-bin/do.pl?sub=view_booth_and_barth&args=531000,180400,6,large,5
> 
> HTH
> 
> John
> 
Thats the one, it was at the heart of a recent TV series here. The show was a bit too superficial for me but the map it was based on struck me as worth finding.

THANKS mik



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