Clerkenwell Green is a square in Clerkenwell. It was built in 1782 and extended in the Victorian period. There is no actual grass on the Green. In Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist, Clerkenwell Green is the site of the scene in Oliver Twist where Fagin and the Artful Dodger have Oliver pickpocket shoppers in the market.
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The Clerkenwell workhouse was a workhouse in Clerkenwell serving the parishes of St James and St John. It was erected in 1727 and enlarged in 1790. For more information, see: https://www.workhouses.org.uk/Clerkenwell/
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Clerkenwell is an area in central (London, England), in the modern borough of Islington. Clerkenwell is named after the Clerks' Well in Farringdon Lane, and in the Elizabethan era was a site of general debauchery and a notorious brothel quarter due to its location outside of the City of London walls. During the Industrial Revolution, Clerkenwell became a centre for breweries, distilleries, printing and manufacturing. Clerkenwell has also been associated with radicalism, including the Chartists movement of the 19th century.
Clapham Union was a workhouse in Clapham, in Greater (London, England). For more information, see: https://www.workhouses.org.uk/Wandsworth/
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LONDON VAGRANTS. (Volume 3)
Clapham is a district in the modern borough of Lambeth and extending into the modern borough of Wandsworth in (London, England). From the 17th to the early 19th century, wealthy merchants built large country houses in the area of the common land Clapham Common (now a park). It is now a commuter suburb.
In London Labour and the London Poor:
Of the Trades and Localities of the Street-Jews. (Volume 2)
Bone-Grubbers and Rag-Gatherers. (Volume 2)
The City Road is a road running through central London. It begins north at Angel and moves southeast to end at Moorgate at the border of the City of London. The majority of the road is located within the Modern borough of Islington.
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The City of Westminster is a borough in central London. It is the site of the Houses of Parliament and other governmental buildings. It is also the site of landmarks such as Buckingham Palace, Westminster Abbey, and Trafalgar Square.
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LONDON WATERMEN, LIGHTERMEN, AND STEAMBOAT-MEN. (Volume 3)
The City of London Theatre opened in 1837 and was originally The Royal City of London Theatre. It was located in Bishopsgate, in the City of London. It was later used as a music hall and mostly demolished by 1883.
See COVE Master Map entry on the City of London:
https://editions.covecollective.org/place/city-london
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See COVE Master Map entry on Church Lane:
https://editions.covecollective.org/place/church-lane
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