Vine Street

Vine Street is a street in the area of Saffron Hill in the modern borough of Camden. In Charles Dickens's Oliver Twist, Saffron Hill is the site of Fagin's Den.

In London Labour and the London Poor:

OF THE WOMEN STREET-SELLERS. (Volume 1)

Vauxhall Gate

Likely refers to the gate entrance to Vauxhall Gardens, a Victorian pleasure garden located in Kennington, modern borough of Lambeth (London, England). At night, the Gardens were illuminated by thousands of gas lamps. The Gardens closed in 1859.

In London Labour and the London Poor:

Of the Donkeys of the Costermongers. (Volume 1)

Vauxhall

Vauxhall is a district of South (London, England). Until 1889, when the County of London was created, it was part of Surrey. In the nineteenth and first half of the twentieth centuries, it was a mixed industrial and residential area with predominantly manual workers' homes. In the 1990s, it became home to a number of underground gay clubs, such as Crash, which opened up in the railway arches underneath Waterloo station. It is still home to many gay bars and nightclubs.

Union Street

Union Street is a major street in Southwark (London, England).

In London Labour and the London Poor:

Of the Old Clothes Exchange. (Volume 2)

Character of Cabdrivers. (Volume 3)

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