Descriptive map of London Poverty Section 29 1889 H. Merke Street scene at Covent Garden

Street scene at Covent Garden with underground Station and horse and cart in the background

Covent Garden in the morning - showing the tavern Tom King's Coffee House in front of St Pauls

Blomfield Road in the South East and Marylands Road in the South West

cultural and political changes within those communities which have fundamentally transformed the city

Commercial Road in the North East

Descriptive map of London Poverty Section 29 1889 H. Merke Street scene at Covent GardenSection 29 of the original Descriptive map of London Poverty, 1889, compiled and hand coloured by Charles Booth and assistants. The section covers the area between Northampton Street in the North West; Friendly Street in the North East; the Thames in the South East and New Gravel Lane in the South West. The districts covered are Wapping and Stepney.