Bethnal Green: Booth's Poverty Map of London

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Table below explains highlighted areas and provides links to more detailed maps


Bethnal Green, London

Source: British Library of Political and Economic Science: Charles Booth Online Archive
Location: London's East End: Bethnal Green
Map Title: Booth Poverty Map–St. John's Parish, Bethnal Green
Date(s): Published 1898-1899
Source: http://booth.lse.ac.uk/cgi-bin/do.pl?sub=view_booth_only&args=535193,182919,2,large,1


Highlighted areas

Left side of map (top to bottom)

- Sarah Hutchings (mother of Bessie Estall) Home 1884-1886
- Sarah Hutchings Home 1881-1883
- William Estall and Sarah Hutchings marriage in 1891

Center of map (top to bottom)

- Temporary home of Estall family after Sarah Hutchings' death in 1899
- Residence of Estall family at time of daughter Rosie's birth in 1895
- Residence of family at time of Sarah (Hutchings) Estall's death in 1899
- Home of Estall family in 1891
- Birthplace of Bessie Estall (married name Schutze) in 1891
- Home of Estall family in 1890

Right side of map (top to bottom)

- Henry and Elizabeth (Rice) Estall's (grandparents of Bessie) home in 1861
- Henry was working as a "silk comber"
- Boyhood home of William Estall (Bessie's father)
- Sarah Hutchings home in 1889 while working as a "fur sewer"
- Sarah Hutchings home in 1887