Descriptive map of London Poverty Section 20 1889 George Cruikshank shows the area around St

shows the area around St Paul's Cathedral

George Davison Reid photographed activity along the banks of the River Thames extensively during the late 1920s and early 1930s

was the radical Henry 'Orator' Hunt

The boards had to be removed each night and replaced again in the morning

The building of the London to Birmingham Railway devastated the north London area of Camden Town and made many families homeless

Descriptive map of London Poverty Section 20 1889 George Cruikshank shows the area around StSection 20 of the original Descriptive map of London Poverty, 1889, compiled and hand coloured by Charles Booth and assistants. The section covers the area between Victoria Park in the North West; Iceland Road in the North East; Wade Place in the South West. The districts covered are Old Ford, Bow and Mile End.