Descriptive Map of London Poverty Section 39 1889 Frame:gold Section 5 of the original

Section 5 of the original Descriptive map of London Poverty

Bartholomew Fair

In the distance the City waterfront can be seen

Coal continued to be brought to the site directly from the ships on the Thames

Pancras church tower

Descriptive Map of London Poverty Section 39 1889 Frame:gold Section 5 of the originalSection 39 of the original Descriptive Map of London Poverty, 1889, compiled and hand coloured by Charles Booth and assistants. The section covers the area between the Eastern Dock in the North West; the Thames in the North East; Commercial Basin in the South East and Southwark Park in the South West. The districts covered are Wapping and Rotherhithe.