Two maps of Victorian London coloured street by street to show the lifestyle of the inhabitants from the wealthy upper classes to the vicious and semi-criminal lowest class. A century after the start of the Industrial Revolution the Victorians finally began to turn their attention to matters of social conscience. The remarkable achievements of the entrepreneurs who had prospered as they developed new factories, railways and docks overshadowed a deprivation among the working classes that had hitherto been unseen in Britain. Certainly there had been destitution and hardship in the rural communities but as people sought work in the new industrial heartlands they encountered appalling disease, poorly constructed housing and little sanitation. Nonetheless high rents still had to be paid, invariably to unscrupulous landlords. There was little concern for the long working hours or child labour and unguarded machinery and uncaring overseers caused serious accidents after which casualties were given little or no assistance other than the prospect of ending their days in the workhouse. Wealthy ship owner Charles Booth was appalled by conditions in London s docklands and vowed to do something about it. Realising that the situation needed to be accurately assessed he published numerous surveys that reported on the living conditions, lifestyle and income of Londoners. These two maps classify London streets into seven categories using colour shading to distinguish between very poor lowest class (vicious and semi criminal) mainly in the east end (but with some surprising enclaves in the fashionable west) up through Poor, then Comfortable right up to the wealthy upper classes in Marylebone and Mayfair. A fascinating resource for genealogists and all lovers of London s past.
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24 of 24 people found the following review helpful
By historygirl
Very disappointed in this - whilst Booths survey extended well into North Kensington and out to Stratford,the two areas of interest to me, the published maps have cut off both these vital areas. I have found Booths on-line maps of these two areas successfully on the excellent LSE site. I do feel that buyers should be made aware that they will not be getting Booths complete map. Other than this important detail the maps themselves are well produced and whilst I still need a magnifying glass to read the finer print this is not suprising given the level of detail. Such a pity about the coverage as this would otherwise be an excellent genealogy resource. So buyers beware
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Booth's poverty map is an 1889 street map of London with every street coloured according to its levels of poverty. Get your ancestor's address from the 1881/1891 census and you can use the map to see the level of affluence they had - from 'Upper Class Wealthy' right down to 'Vicious Semi-Criminal'!
I've never found a good way to access the information contained in Booth's poverty map online, so this reasonably priced, printed version is brilliant. The printing is very clear, the colours bright enough to distinguish and the map paper is heavy enough to withstand constant re-folding. The maps presented here only lose out on a 5-star rating for two small reasons.
1. Booth's map is split into 2 huge maps here, splitting into 4 would be have made them a lot more manageable.
2. There's no street index. If you can't already locate the street by eye you'll need something like The A to Z of Victorian London in order to find it.
I've never found a good way to access the information contained in Booth's poverty map online, so this reasonably priced, printed version is brilliant. The printing is very clear, the colours bright enough to distinguish and the map paper is heavy enough to withstand constant re-folding. The maps presented here only lose out on a 5-star rating for two small reasons.
1. Booth's map is split into 2 huge maps here, splitting into 4 would be have made them a lot more manageable.
2. There's no street index. If you can't already locate the street by eye you'll need something like The A to Z of Victorian London in order to find it.
9 of 11 people found the following review helpful
By A. English
These maps need space so you can lay them out properly and they are so intricate they can take much time and focus to see where you are and where you are going. Once this is determined they give a good idea of where wealth and poverty flourished in Victorian London. Good fun tracing the intricate detail of both maps.
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