Jews' Hospital

The Jews' Hospital was a hospital in the East End of London, founded in 1795, as a refuge for poor members of the London Jewish community. The original hospital was opened in 1807 on Mile End Road in Whitechapel and it was relocated to Lower Norwood in the mid 19th-century. The hospital continued in different iterations into the mid-20th century.

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Horsemonger Lane

Horsemonger Lane, now called Harper Road, is a street in Southwark, London. It was the site of Horsemonger Lane Gaol (built 1791-1799), located on the site of what is now Newington Gardens. The prison was used until 1878.

In London Labour and the London Poor:

The Old Woman “over the Water.” (Volume 2)

Hooper Street

Hooper Street is a street in Whitechapel, in the modern borough of Tower Hamlets (London, England).

In London Labour and the London Poor:

Of the Tricks of Costermongers. (Volume 1)

Holywell Street

Holywell Street was a carriageway of the Strand, in the City of Westminster (London, England). It was subsumed into the Strand in 1900 when the street was widened. Previously, it was known as Booksellers' Row and was particularly known as a site for the selling of pornographic books.

In London Labour and the London Poor: 

Of Prostitution in London (Volume 4)

Of the Old Clothes Exchange. (Volume 2)

OF THE WOMEN STREET-SELLERS. (Volume 1)

Holloway

Holloway is a district in the modern borough of Islington (London, England). It was expanded into in the urban development of the 19th century. Holloway was the site of Holloway prison, opened in 1852 as a mixed-sex prison, which became a women-only prison in 1903 and was closed in 2016. In the early 20th century, many famous suffragettes were imprisoned in Holloway.

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Holborn

Holborn is a district in central London, currently covering part of the modern borough of Camden and of the Ward of Farringdon Without in the City of London (London, England). In the 19th century it was associated with the legal profession and the site of the Inns of Court and the Inns of Chancery, as well as the jewellery district of Hatton Garden (LINK).

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