Sherston Place.

Sherston Place. © National Maritime Museum, London

Repro ID: H2388

Description: Sherston Place in Bermondsey. By 1900, the living conditions in Bermondsey were awful. There were known examples of nine people living in one room and one tap serving 25 houses with no sanitation. Conditions remained bad well into the 20th century.

Creator: Unknown

Date: c.1920

Credit line: Southwark Library Collection