Descriptive map of London Poverty Section 59 1889 Size:small Nazneen Khan-Østrem has drawn a

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Descriptive map of London Poverty Section 59 1889 Size:small Nazneen Khan-Østrem has drawn aSection 59 of the original Descriptive map of London Poverty, 1889, compiled and hand coloured by Charles Booth and assistants. The section covers the area between Clifton Crescent in the North West; Childen's Road in the North East; Penmartin Road in the South East and Banet Road in the South West. The districts covered are South Bermondsey and New Cross.