Descriptive map of London Poverty Section 7 1889 PoD Theatre & Fashion seen from the southeast

seen from the southeast

An image of how a print would look if printed from the Moorfields section of The Copperplate Map which dates from the 1550’s and is the first known map of London

The districts covered are Kings Cross

whose Theatrum Orbis Terrarum of 1570 a systematic and comprehensive collection of maps produced to a standard format was the first true atlas

The section covers the area between Myddelton Road

Descriptive map of London Poverty Section 7 1889 PoD Theatre & Fashion seen from the southeastSection 7 of the original Descriptive map of London Poverty, 1889, compiled and hand coloured by Charles Booth and assistants. The section covers the area between Petherton Road in the North West; Hayling Road in the North East; Dunston Street in the South East and Wilton Square in the South West. The districts covered are De Beauvoir and South Hackney.