Information on the Penny Lodging House
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Information on the Penny Lodging House
Image: © Barbara Carr Taken: 7 Feb 2013
The façade of the Penny Lodging House has recently been renovated. This information board shows an extract from a letter written by Henry Mayhew in 1849 to the Morning Chronicle in London, detailing the unpleasant conditions within these lodging houses. See Image and Image
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Image Location
Latitude
55.769439
Longitude
-2.004118