London Labour and the London Poor, Vol. 2

by Henry Mayhew

Date.	Situation.	Hour ending 9 A.M.
		Vehicles drawn by
		1 Horse and Equestrians.	2 Horses.	3 Horses or more.
8th July, 1850.	Temple Bar Gate	230	61	20	A
9th „ „	Holborn Hill, by St. Andrew’s Church	250	65	12	B
10th „ „	Ludgate Hill, by Pilgrim-street	268	76	17	C
11th „ „	Newgate-street, by Old Bailey	250	59	11	D
12th „ „	Aldersgate-street, by Fann-street	140	20	8	E
13th „ „	Cheapside, by Foster-lane	345	110	18	F
15th „ „	Poultry, by Mansion House	287	103	24	G
16th „ „	Finsbury Pavement, by South-place	185	63	14	H
17th „ „	Cornhill, by Royal Exchange	98	56	7	I
18th „ „	Threadneedle-street	47	47	4	J
19th „ „	Gracechurch-street, by St. Peter’s-alley	202	50	6	K
20th „ „	Lombard-street, by Birchin-lane	121	15	1	L
22nd „ „	Bishopsgate Within, by Great St. Helen’s	194	58	7	M
23rd „ „	London Bridge	519	139	22	N
24th „ „	Bishopsgate-street Witht, by City boundy	148	51	4	O
25th „ „	Aldgate High-street, by ditto	335	68	22	P
26th „ „	Leadenhall-st., rear of East India House	193	45	13	Q
27th „ „	Eastcheap, by Philpot-lane	274	35	26	R
29th „ „	Tower-street, by Mark-lane	132	22	15	S
30th „ „	Lower Thames-street, by Botolph-lane	79	7	2	T
31st „ „	Blackfriars Bridge	268	42	17	U
1st Aug. „	Upper Thames-street, rear of Queen-street	97	28	15	V
2nd „ „	Smithfield Bars	180	16	7	W
3rd „ „	Fenchurch-street	175	20	11	X
		5017	1256	6421

Date.	Situation.	Hour ending 10 A.M.
		Vehicles drawn by
		1 Horse and Equestrians.	2 Horses.	3 Horses or more.
8th July, 1850.	Temple Bar Gate	292	192	42	A
9th „ „	Holborn Hill, by St. Andrew’s Church	380	166	6	B
10th „ „	Ludgate Hill, by Pilgrim-street	290	170	16	C
11th „ „	Newgate-street, by Old Bailey	360	155	13	D
12th „ „	Aldersgate-street, by Fann-street	198	52	11	E
13th „ „	Cheapside, by Foster-lane	483	301	21	F
15th „ „	Poultry, by Mansion House	437	315	10	G
16th „ „	Finsbury Pavement, by South-place	252	123	10	H
17th „ „	Cornhill, by Royal Exchange	172	177	15	I
18th „ „	Threadneedle-street	67	77	1	J
19th „ „	Gracechurch-street, by St. Peter’s-alley	200	99	23	K
20th „ „	Lombard-street, by Birchin-lane	87	28	2	L
22nd „ „	Bishopsgate Within, by Great St. Helen’s	253	144	11	M
23rd „ „	London Bridge	744	339	45	N
24th „ „	Bishopsgate-street Witht, by City boundy	197	121	11	O
25th „ „	Aldgate High-street, by ditto	291	111	20	P
26th „ „	Leadenhall-st., rear of East India House	272	141	16	Q
27th „ „	Eastcheap, by Philpot-lane	293	40	13	R
29th „ „	Tower-street, by Mark-lane	180	37	5	S
30th „ „	Lower Thames-street, by Botolph-lane	117	10	3	T
31st „ „	Blackfriars Bridge	280	78	23	U
1st Aug. „	Upper Thames-street, rear of Queen-street	172	43	12	V
2nd „ „	Smithfield Bars	206	18	6	W
3rd „ „	Fenchurch-street	198	60	4	X
		6421	2997	339

Date.	Situation.	Hour ending 11 A.M.
		Vehicles drawn by
		1 Horse and Equestrians.	2 Horses.	3 Horses or more.
8th July, 1850.	Temple Bar Gate	448	235	21	A
9th „ „	Holborn Hill, by St. Andrew’s Church	480	181	9	B
10th „ „	Ludgate Hill, by Pilgrim-street	454	261	13	C
11th „ „	Newgate-street, by Old Bailey	433	184	11	D
12th „ „	Aldersgate-street, by Fann-street	150	44	14	E
13th „ „	Cheapside, by Foster-lane	703	385	36	F
15th „ „	Poultry, by Mansion House	654	398	19	G
16th „ „	Finsbury Pavement, by South-place	330	138	7	H
17th „ „	Cornhill, by Royal Exchange	252	210	17	I
18th „ „	Threadneedle-street	162	97	3	J
19th „ „	Gracechurch-street, by St. Peter’s-alley	308	113	18	K
20th „ „	Lombard-street, by Birchin-lane	140	12	4	L
22nd „ „	Bishopsgate Within, by Great St. Helen’s	323	164	13	M
23rd „ „	London Bridge	955	334	43	N
24th „ „	Bishopsgate-street Witht, by City boundy	310	134	3	O
25th „ „	Aldgate High-street, by ditto	292	115	10	P
26th „ „	Leadenhall-st., rear of East India House	388	196	11	Q
27th „ „	Eastcheap, by Philpot-lane	340	46	12	R
29th „ „	Tower-street, by Mark-lane	220	32	10	S
30th „ „	Lower Thames-street, by Botolph-lane	153	15	7	T
31st „ „	Blackfriars Bridge	409	99	10	U
1st Aug. „	Upper Thames-street, rear of Queen-street	126	28	11	V
2nd „ „	Smithfield Bars	180	16	6	W
3rd „ „	Fenchurch-street	205	41	7	X
		8415	3478	315

Date.	Situation.	Hour ending 12 A.M.
		Vehicles drawn by
		1 Horse and Equestrians.	2 Horses.	3 Horses or more.
8th July, 1850.	Temple Bar Gate	505	222	30	A
9th „ „	Holborn Hill, by St. Andrew’s Church	530	154	14	B
10th „ „	Ludgate Hill, by Pilgrim-street	420	210	6	C
11th „ „	Newgate-street, by Old Bailey	367	137	5	D
12th „ „	Aldersgate-street, by Fann-street	147	36	13	E
13th „ „	Cheapside, by Foster-lane	768	390	11	F
15th „ „	Poultry, by Mansion House	690	373	17	G
16th „ „	Finsbury Pavement, by South-place	250	129	8	H
17th „ „	Cornhill, by Royal Exchange	270	184	7	I
18th „ „	Threadneedle-street	160	50	4	J
19th „ „	Gracechurch-street, by St. Peter’s-alley	320	175	12	K
20th „ „	Lombard-street, by Birchin-lane	174	14	..	L
22nd „ „	Bishopsgate Within, by Great St. Helen’s	277	143	10	M
23rd „ „	London Bridge	820	274	30	N
24th „ „	Bishopsgate-street Witht, by City boundy	170	109	7	O
25th „ „	Aldgate High-street, by ditto	287	145	10	P
26th „ „	Leadenhall-st., rear of East India House	340	150	5	Q
27th „ „	Eastcheap, by Philpot-lane	320	34	18	R
29th „ „	Tower-street, by Mark-lane	220	39	12	S
30th „ „	Lower Thames-street, by Botolph-lane	90	7	8	T
31st „ „	Blackfriars Bridge	393	89	34	U
1st Aug. „	Upper Thames-street, rear of Queen-street	160	42	21	V
2nd „ „	Smithfield Bars	254	14	9	W
3rd „ „	Fenchurch-street	298	39	6	X
		8230	3159	297

	Hour ending 1 P.M.			Hour ending 2 P.M.			Hour ending 3 P.M.			Hour ending 4 P.M.
	Vehicles drawn by			Vehicles drawn by			Vehicles drawn by			Vehicles drawn by
	1 Horse and Equestrians.	2 Horses.	3 Horses or more.	1 Horse and Equestrians.	2 Horses.	3 Horses or more.	1 Horse and Equestrians.	2 Horses.	3 Horses or more.	1 Horse and Equestrians.	2 Horses.	3 Horses or more.
A	460	218	13	415	230	19	550	231	10	496	237	4
B	453	160	10	435	158	13	373	50	12	270	100	7
C	530	256	3	330	180	4	400	221	7	288	242	1
D	390	156	9	377	155	5	390	167	7	525	201	12
E	165	40	9	180	49	6	150	32	12	172	40	7
F	680	334	6	664	336	9	665	338	4	730	339	7
G	680	358	5	595	337	9	548	321	6	575	330	5
H	243	115	6	223	118	4	184	107	2	215	128	4
I	275	208	4	253	180	8	305	185	3	276	172	3
J	160	50	1	120	32	2	164	46	2	157	37	1
K	295	87	10	330	81	12	360	93	11	375	123	18
L	160	9	..	215	15	2	227	9	1	283	20	1
M	260	125	11	164	70	4	320	113	6	287	140	5
N	775	296	23	765	255	28	793	284	24	845	305	30
O	191	112	4	243	96	3	285	97	8	231	103	1
P	300	135	10	249	123	7	260	112	17	274	122	13
Q	415	168	11	385	171	7	353	158	14	387	172	10
R	340	27	11	300	28	15	310	38	20	345	40	8
S	260	26	6	270	39	15	252	34	4	226	26	10
T	83	21	1	100	8	..	100	15	3	130	13	4
U	365	78	22	253	65	18	302	73	10	340	66	10
V	160	35	10	120	31	9	125	33	6	160	44	9
W	252	18	6	232	19	4	305	20	9	250	11	6
X	240	45	8	223	39	7	220	46	6	267	54	6
	8132	3077	199	7441	2815	210	7941	2923	204	8104	3065	182

	Hour ending 1 P.M.			Hour ending 2 P.M.
	Vehicles drawn by			Vehicles drawn by
	1 Horse and Equestrians.	2 Horses.	3 Horses or more.	1 Horse and Equestrians.	2 Horses.	3 Horses or more.
A	460	218	13	415	230	19
B	453	160	10	435	158	13
C	530	256	3	330	180	4
D	390	156	9	377	155	5
E	165	40	9	180	49	6
F	680	334	6	664	336	9
G	680	358	5	595	337	9
H	243	115	6	223	118	4
I	275	208	4	253	180	8
J	160	50	1	120	32	2
K	295	87	10	330	81	12
L	160	9	..	215	15	2
M	260	125	11	164	70	4
N	775	296	23	765	255	28
O	191	112	4	243	96	3
P	300	135	10	249	123	7
Q	415	168	11	385	171	7
R	340	27	11	300	28	15
S	260	26	6	270	39	15
T	83	21	1	100	8	..
U	365	78	22	253	65	18
V	160	35	10	120	31	9
W	252	18	6	232	19	4
X	240	45	8	223	39	7
	8132	3077	199	7441	2815	210

	Hour ending 3 P.M.			Hour ending 4 P.M.
	Vehicles drawn by			Vehicles drawn by
	1 Horse and Equestrians.	2 Horses.	3 Horses or more.	1 Horse and Equestrians.	2 Horses.	3 Horses or more.
A	550	231	10	496	237	4
B	373	50	12	270	100	7
C	400	221	7	288	242	1
D	390	167	7	525	201	12
E	150	32	12	172	40	7
F	665	338	4	730	339	7
G	548	321	6	575	330	5
H	184	107	2	215	128	4
I	305	185	3	276	172	3
J	164	46	2	157	37	1
K	360	93	11	375	123	18
L	227	9	1	283	20	1
M	320	113	6	287	140	5
N	793	284	24	845	305	30
O	285	97	8	231	103	1
P	260	112	17	274	122	13
Q	353	158	14	387	172	10
R	310	38	20	345	40	8
S	252	34	4	226	26	10
T	100	15	3	130	13	4
U	302	73	10	340	66	10
V	125	33	6	160	44	9
W	305	20	9	250	11	6
X	220	46	6	267	54	6
	7941	2923	204	8104	3065	182

	Hour ending 5 P.M.			Hour ending 6 P.M.			Hour ending 7 P.M.			Hour ending 8 P.M.
	Vehicles drawn by			Vehicles drawn by			Vehicles drawn by			Vehicles drawn by
	1 Horse and Equestrians.	2 Horses.	3 Horses or more.	1 Horse and Equestrians.	2 Horses.	3 Horses or more.	1 Horse and Equestrians.	2 Horses.	3 Horses or more.	1 Horse and Equestrians.	2 Horses.	3 Horses or more.
A	470	255	13	435	219	17	329	200	8	405	198	11
B	639	251	25	330	111	4	615	209	17	219	92	6
C	375	235	9	360	220	4	330	210	3	214	202	4
D	390	177	5	415	142	6	337	126	4	250	136	8
E	187	36	12	185	40	8	175	44	10	141	46	11
F	671	427	8	645	303	16	482	319	7	271	212	9
G	565	381	10	505	310	10	455	344	3	292	299	4
H	340	135	8	300	159	16	242	142	16	140	101	3
I	255	206	7	242	180	8	177	176	1	186	140	1
J	150	45	3	157	45	3	115	30	3	77	31	..
K	302	135	24	310	113	13	253	79	6	250	75	6
L	223	20	..	180	26	3	115	15	..	94	12	..
M	380	150	11	320	123	7	270	127	7	222	120	3
N	975	336	33	970	305	33	680	264	18	510	258	30
O	309	113	8	305	126	8	203	112	8	177	99	3
P	248	141	16	276	110	15	220	100	11	190	96	3
Q	295	166	5	390	183	15	292	139	6	260	152	6
R	340	43	15	280	58	11	230	59	5	109	16	3
S	230	39	13	195	34	9	137	25	2	94	16	4
T	143	23	2	100	15	6	52	14	3	40	4	2
U	450	103	17	446	87	15	361	89	13	265	66	6
V	185	52	16	241	54	17	139	25	12	71	13	9
W	305	17	6	265	20	4	269	10	9	145	14	..
X	300	57	7	215	36	8	193	53	3	516	28	1
	8727	3543	273	8067	3019	256	6671	2911	175	5138	2426	133

	Hour ending 5 P.M.			Hour ending 6 P.M.
	Vehicles drawn by			Vehicles drawn by
	1 Horse and Equestrians.	2 Horses.	3 Horses or more.	1 Horse and Equestrians.	2 Horses.	3 Horses or more.
A	470	255	13	435	219	17
B	639	251	25	330	111	4
C	375	235	9	360	220	4
D	390	177	5	415	142	6
E	187	36	12	185	40	8
F	671	427	8	645	303	16
G	565	381	10	505	310	10
H	340	135	8	300	159	16
I	255	206	7	242	180	8
J	150	45	3	157	45	3
K	302	135	24	310	113	13
L	223	20	..	180	26	3
M	380	150	11	320	123	7
N	975	336	33	970	305	33
O	309	113	8	305	126	8
P	248	141	16	276	110	15
Q	295	166	5	390	183	15
R	340	43	15	280	58	11
S	230	39	13	195	34	9
T	143	23	2	100	15	6
U	450	103	17	446	87	15
V	185	52	16	241	54	17
W	305	17	6	265	20	4
X	300	57	7	215	36	8
	8727	3543	273	8067	3019	256

	Hour ending 7 P.M.			Hour ending 8 P.M.
	Vehicles drawn by			Vehicles drawn by
	1 Horse and Equestrians.	2 Horses.	3 Horses or more.	1 Horse and Equestrians.	2 Horses.	3 Horses or more.
A	329	200	8	405	198	11
B	615	209	17	219	92	6
C	330	210	3	214	202	4
D	337	126	4	250	136	8
E	175	44	10	141	46	11
F	482	319	7	271	212	9
G	455	344	3	292	299	4
H	242	142	16	140	101	3
I	177	176	1	186	140	1
J	115	30	3	77	31	..
K	253	79	6	250	75	6
L	115	15	..	94	12	..
M	270	127	7	222	120	3
N	680	264	18	510	258	30
O	203	112	8	177	99	3
P	220	100	11	190	96	3
Q	292	139	6	260	152	6
R	230	59	5	109	16	3
S	137	25	2	94	16	4
T	52	14	3	40	4	2
U	361	89	13	265	66	6
V	139	25	12	71	13	9
W	269	10	9	145	14	..
X	193	53	3	516	28	1
	6671	2911	175	5138	2426	133