The Victorian City: Everyday Life in Dickens' London (89 page)
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Authors: Judith Flanders
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Hughes, Thomas:
Tom Brown’s Schooldays
,
99
Hummums, The, Russell Street,
212
Humphrey, Revd Heman,
97
Hungerford Bridge,
65
Hungerford Stairs,
66–7
Hunt, Leigh,
9
hurdy-gurdy players,
255
Huysmans, J.-K.:
A Rebours
,
12
Hyde Park: grazing rights,
208
; rally forbidden (1866),
48
n; riots (1855),
376–7
hygiene, public,
213–15
ice sellers,
143–4
ice-cream,
287
illness and disease: causes,
213
,
215–16
illuminations and lights,
363–9
,
367
Illustrated London News
: advertises using sandwich-board men,
245
; approves of ‘improvements’,
195
; on celebrations for end of siege of Sebastopol,
368
; on charity-school uniforms,
1
; on crowd at house of dying Peel,
306
; on deaths in barracks,
213
; on falling cab horses,
81
; on lack of plan for London,
57
,
174
; on political rally in Hyde Park,
48
n; on Victoria’s withdrawal,
315
; and Wellington’s funeral,
336
; on widening of Park Lane,
47
,
48
n
Indian Mutiny (1857–8),
322
influenza: epidemics (1813–1833),
215
Inns of Chancery,
31
insurance companies: and fire brigades,
326
Irish: believe in forthcoming earthquake,
307
; work as labourers,
193
Iron Boat Company (steam boats),
68
Izant’s (slap-bang), Bucklersbury,
300
Jack-in-the-Green,
319
Jacob’s Island, Bermondsey,
183
,
190–1
,
191
,
208
James, Henry,
12
Jennings’ Buildings, Kensington,
193
& n
Jerdan, William,
277
Jermyn Street Baths,
211
Jerusalem Coffee-House, Cornhill,
295
Jews: as old clothes-sellers,
137
,
147
Jo the crossing-sweeper (character,
Bleak House
),
49–50
,
189
,
195
,
199
,
222
,
248
John’s Coffee-House,
295
Johnson, Samuel,
46
Jones, Adrian:
The Angel of Peace Descending on the Chariot of War
(sculpture),
308
n
Keane, Edmund,
278
Kemble, Adelaide,
362
& n
Kemble, John Philip,
371–2
Kennington Common,
267
; Chartist meeting,
375–6
Kennington turnpike gate,
43
Kensal Green cemetery,
222
Kensington Common,
267
Kew: wooden bridge,
64
King’s Cross railway station,
106
n,
107
King’s Mews (Trafalgar Square),
268
,
271
kiss in the ring (game),
279
Krook (character,
Bleak House
),
239–40
La Creevy, Miss (character,
Nicholas Nickleby
),
75
Laing, Allan Stewart,
378
Lambeth Bridge,
65
lamplighters,
54
Lancaster, Duchy of,
270
Lancet, The
(journal),
216
Landseer, Sir Edwin,
273
Laurie, Sir Peter,
190–1
lavatories (flush),
208–9
Lea, river,
200
Leadenhall market,
130
leaving shops,
241
Leeves, Edward,
415
Leicester Square,
262–3
Leigh’s New Picture of London
,
261
,
278
leisure: and days out,
274–5
Lever’s Museum, Leicester Square,
263
licensing laws (alcoholic drinks),
350–1
life expectancy,
212
Lincoln, Abraham,
322
linkmen,
53
Linwood, Miss: Gallery of Needlework Pictures,
263
Little Dorrit
(CD): coach route,
39
; cookshop in,
291
; on hardships,
4
; on Marshalsea prison,
177–8
,
356
; on Southwark Bridge,
44
; stagecoach accident,
92
; on Thames,
223
; tobacco shop Highlander,
242
; on workhouses,
170
Liverpool Street railway station,
106
loan societies,
163
London: CD moves to as child,
2
; CD’s homes in,
6
; CD’s interest in,
7–10
,
422–3
; as alienating city,
59–60
; as city of lights,
363–4
; first official map,
59
; improvements and rebuilding,
56
; improvements (rebuilding) and displacement,
189
,
196
; levelling of hills,
61–2
; main access roads,
40
; noise,
30–3
; portrayed by CD,
12–13
; rich and poor districts,
181–2
,
187–8
; size and population,
10–11
,
39
,
59
,
393
; streets and layout,
10
,
47–8
; traffic problems,
39–40
,
44–9
; transport and navigating,
64–70
; travel into and from,
90–1
; walking and walkers in,
25–8
London Bridge: as crossing point,
64
; hazards of navigating,
65–6
; replaced and relocated (1831),
6
,
65–6
; road surface,
35
London Bridge railway station,
63
,
106–7
London Bridge Steam Wharf,
65
London by Night
(by ‘Anonyma’),
85
,
406–7
,
418
London Cemetery Company,
223
London, Chatham and Dover Railway,
175
n
London Fire Engine Establishment,
112
,
326–7
,
330–1
London Gasworks company,
56
,
325
London Gazette
,
247–8
London General Omnibus Company,
72
London and Westminster Steam Boat Company,
67–8
Lord Mayor’s Show,
310
Louis Philippe, King of France,
314
Lowther Arcade,
11
Lumber Court market,
132
macadam (road surface),
33–6
,
38
MacKenzie, Alexander,
92
Macready, Charles,
355
Maggie (character,
Little Dorrit
),
421
magistrates: corrupt,
377–8
Magwitch (character,
Great Expectations
),
179
,
247
Maiden Lane (now York Way),
107
Manby, Charles,
75
Manners, Lord John,
273
Manning, Maria and Frederick,
385–6
,
389
Mansion House: illuminated,
366
Margery
(river steamer),
65
marine stores,
239–40
markets: clothes,
137–8
; food,
123–36
Marochetti, Carlo, Baron,
273
Marryat, Captain Frederick,
277
Marshalsea prison: conditions,
177–8
; Dickens portrays,
175
,
177
; John Dickens in,
3
; social gatherings,
356
Martha (character,
David Copperfield
),
420
Martin Chuzzlewit
(CD),
100
,
242
,
273
,
302
,
393
Marylebone: housing,
182
; land ownership,
264
Marylebone Gardens,
265
Marylebone Lane,
202
Marylebone railway station,
106
n
matches: manufacture and selling,
158–60
,
160
Mathews, Nancy,
19
Matileau, Mme: introducing house,
413
May day,
318–19
Mayfair: as prostitutes’ venue,
408
Mayhew, Augustus:
Paved with Gold
(novel),
352
Mayhew, Henry: on child prostitutes,
379
; on Guy Fawkes day,
321
; on hot-potato man,
284
; on low-level crime,
379–80
; on oyster seller,
283
n; on the poor,
168
; on prostitutes,
394–6
; on Punch and Judy show,
257
; on second-hand boot sales,
138
; on slaughtered horses,
138
; on sound of City,
30
; on speech and pronunciation,
249–10
; on street musicians,
252
; on street sellers,
140
,
142–3
,
162
; visits Jacob’s Island,
191
; visits Night Refuge,
197
; on working hours,
28
;
London Labour and the London Poor
,
10
,
28
n,
168
,
394–6
; vol. 4 by other hands,
396–7
medical schools: and dissection,
374–5
Melbourne, William Lamb,
2
nd Viscount,
331
Mendoza, Daniel,
371
menus: introduced,
300–1
Metropolis Land Management Act (1854),
223
Metropolis Local Management Act for the Purification of the Thames and the Main Drainage of the Metropolis (1858),
224
Metropolitan Board of Works: approves new streets,
60
; authorized to undertake sewage building,
224–5
; builds Holborn Viaduct,
62
; controls fire brigades,
327
; created,
57
,
223
; and naming of streets,
58
Metropolitan Buildings Act (1844),
208
Metropolitan Commission of Sewers Act (1848),
214
Metropolitan Fire Brigade,
327
Metropolitan Improvements
,
188
Metropolitan Interments Act (1850),
222
Metropolitan Police force: formed,
373
Metropolitan Railway: opens,
77–8
miasma: as cause of disease,
216
,
218
Micawber, Wilkins (character,
David Copperfield
),
3
,
13
Middle Row, Holborn,
46–7
Midland Railway,
275
milkmen and milkmaids,
145
Minns, Mr (character, ‘A Dinner at Poplar Walk’),
70
Mint, the (district), Southwark,
270
n
Mirror of Parliament
,
357
mobs,
371–4
money: lending,
163
Monthly Magazine
,
4
Monument, the: suicides,
421
Morning Chronicle
,
5
,
100
,
191
,
357
Morning Star
,
26
mortality rates: adult,
213
; infant and child,
212
;
see also
death
Mortimer market,
131
Moses and Son (men’s clothing supplier),
338
Mother H.
see
H., Mother
Mould, Mr (character,
Martin Chuzzlewit
),
324
mourning,
322–3
Mowcher, Miss (character,
David Copperfield
),
252
,
286
muffin men,
185
Munby, Arthur: on building of Embankment,
226–8
; on building Holborn Viaduct,
62
; diary,
63
n; on girl crossing-sweeper,
50
n; on May day chimney sweeps,
319
; on milkmen,
145
; and prostitute,
400–1
,
411
n; sees cross-dressers,
416
; sees Landseer’s Trafalgar Square lions,
273
; sees Tooley Street fire,
113
,
115
; travels by train,
62
,
113
; visits Thieves’ Kitchen,
186
; watches Ethiopian singers,
255
; on wedding preparations for Princess Alexandra,
308
music hall: and popular phrases,
251