Jacob's Island

Date1951

MediumWater-colour

DimensionsObject/Work: 255 x 315 mm

ClassificationsArtworks/Commemorations/Photographs

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Object numberGA1344

DescriptionFormerly between the present Jacob Street and the river, this was the worst slum in Bermondsey. Residents drew water from the mill's stream or 'Folly ditch' and cholera was rife. In Oliver Twist (published in instalments 1837-39), Dickens has Bill Sikes ending his days there. After 1860 the ditch was filled in and the area demolished.

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