Charles Booth's London enables you to search the catalogue of over 450 original notebooks from the Inquiry into Life and Labour in London (1886-1903), view 41 digitised notebooks, and explore the London poverty maps.
Charles Booth's London
Archive
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- ReferenceGB 97 charlesboothslondon
- Dates of Creation1886 - 1903
- Name of Creator
- Language of MaterialEnglish
- Physical Description450 notebooks (many digitised) notebooks, maps
Scope and Content
Note
This is a description of an Online Resource. Online Resources are websites that describe, interpret and provide access to archives. They often provide access to digital content but they may also describe physical materials. They usually cover a theme or topic, such as an individual, a movement, or an important historical event.
Other Finding Aids
Access this resource online: https://booth.lse.ac.uk/
Additional Information
Map
You can search the map for present-day locations, including streets and postcodes, and 19th-century parishes and landmarks.
You can compare Booth's map with a present-day map of London using the slider at the bottom of the page.
To display notebook entries for individual locations on the map, use the control at the top right of the screen. Click on one of the green dots to read the notebook entry for that location. This will display a summary of the notebook entry and, if the notebook has been digitised, a link to the notebook itself.
Notebooks
You can search a catalogue of Booth's notebooks. This includes the notebook titles, and extensive, information-rich descriptions of individual pages.
The descriptions are also displayed alongside the pages of the police notebooks. Where a particular location is mentioned, you will often be able to view that location on the map by following the "view on map" link.