Descriptive map of London Poverty Section 59 1889 Size:small British Brains

British Brains

Nazneen Khan-Østrem has drawn a wonderful new map of a city that everyone thought they already knew

street by street

In the background two burglars are brazenly going about their business in an illustration of the inefficiency of parish law enforcement during the 18th century

New Covent Garden Theatre

Descriptive map of London Poverty Section 59 1889 Size:small British BrainsSection 59 of the original Descriptive map of London Poverty, 1889, compiled and hand coloured by Charles Booth and assistants. The section covers the area between Clifton Crescent in the North West; Childen's Road in the North East; Penmartin Road in the South East and Banet Road in the South West. The districts covered are South Bermondsey and New Cross.