In this section you will find the sources and links used throughout the site to find historical information. They are also recommended reading/exploration.
Sites
victoriancity.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk
victorianweb.org
isuu.com
mernick.org.uk
romanticlondon.org
casebook.org
jack-the-ripper-tour.com
mytholyoke.edu
localhistories.org
londonist.com
genuki.org.uk
historicengland.co.uk
british-history.ac.uk
bethnalgreeninfocus.wordpress.com
bethnalgreenlondon.co.uk
historyextra.com
socialhousinghistory.uk
Archive.org
Ancestry.co.uk
FindMyPast.co.uk
The Genealogist
The National Archives
Wikipedia
Books/Reports
Lloyd George's Domesday Book - Valuations and Maps Charles Booth's Maps and Inspector's Notebooks Handloom Weavers Report 1840 'Insights into Life and Death in Victorian London's East End', Rachel Ives The 'Happiest Corner' of London: Bethnal Green 1851-1951 'Tales of London's Darker History', Paul Asling 'Behind the Blue Lamp - Policing in North and East London', P. Kennison and D. Swinden 'The History of Tower Hamlets', Colm Kerrigan 'Images of London - Bethnal Green', Gary Haines 'The Infernal Wen - London 1808-1870', F H W Sheppard
Directories etc.
London Street Index 1799
'A descriptive London Street Directory in 1810', John Lockie
'A-Z New to Old Street Names' - thehunthouse.com
Articles
East London History Society, Summer Newsletter, 1986. 'Social Investigation/Journalism and Sanitary Ramblings, being Sketches and Illustrations of Bethnal Green', Hector Gavin 1848 'Dwellings of the Poor in Bethnal Green' - Illustrated London News, 24 October 1863 'A Parish Swamp and Fever Nest in the Heart of Bethnal Green' - The Builder 1872 ' Alleged Cases of Blood Poisoning in Bethnal Green' - The Lancet, 10 October 1863 'Homes in the East of London - A Fresh Visit to Bethnal Green' - The Builder 28 January 1871 The Gazette Welcome Back Bethnal Green - Tower Hamlets
Maps
Richard Horwood's 'Plan of London' 1792-9
Edward Mogg's 'London in Miniature' 1809
William Foden's 1819, 4th edition, revision of Horwood
R.H.Map.Crace V#174
Charles Booth's Maps