Providence Buildings
The Providence buildings were buildings in the area of Jacob's Island, on the south bank of the Thames, in the modern borough of Southwark (London, England). The buildings have been destroyed but the name continues in Providence Square.
In London Labour and the London Poor edition:
Phase 1
A Visit to the Cholera Districts of Bermondsey (Morning Chronicle): "From this spot we crossed the little shaky bridge into Providence-buildings - a narrow neck of land set in sewers. Here, in front of the houses, were small gardens that a table-cloth would have covered. Still the one dahlia that here raised its round red head made it a happier and brighter place. Never was colour so grateful to the eye. All we had looked at had been so black and dingy, and had smelt so much of churchyard clay, that this little patch of beauty was brighter and greener than ever was oasis in the desert."
Coordinates
Longitude: -0.070039800000