Old houses in Borough High Street1881 Size:small The section covers the area

The section covers the area between the Thames in the North West

This photograph appeared in Volume 3 of Reid's 'Views of Westminster and London'

Charing Cross Road is renowned for its specialist and second-hand bookshops

From the dockworker to the prostitute

Old houses in Borough High Street1881 Size:small The section covers the areaOld houses in Borough High Street, Southwark, 1881. This photograph was commissioned by the Society for Photographing Relics of Old London to form part of a permanent visual record of historic buildings threatened with alteration or possible demolition in the 1870s and 80s. These houses dated from the early 18th century.