Jacob's Island
Localité disparue · Royaume-Uni
- Abandonné
- inconnu
- Fondé
- —
- Population
- —
- Coordonnées
- 51.501, -0.071
Pourquoi abandonné
❔ Cause inconnue
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Histoire
Jacob's Island was a notorious slum in Bermondsey, London, in the 19th century. It was located on the south bank of the River Thames, approximately delineated by the modern streets of Mill Street, Bermondsey Wall West, George Row and Wolseley Street. Jacob's Island developed a reputation as one of the worst slums in London, and was popularised by the Charles Dickens novel Oliver Twist, published a few decades before the area was cleared in the 1860s.
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