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Authors: Judith Flanders
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The Victorian City: Everyday Life in Dickens' London (91 page)
Railton, William,
272
railways: arches used as shelters,
166
; for commuters,
103–5
; compared with coach travel,
101–2
; and days out,
103
; development,
61
,
76
,
105–6
; Dickens’ view of,
101
; effect on housing of the poor,
196
; effect on London,
102–3
,
105–7
; fares,
103–4
; passenger conditions,
104–5
,
105
,
108
; passenger conventions,
107
; as rival to river transport,
67
; stations,
106
Ranelagh sewer,
202
raree- or peep-shows,
257–8
Ratcliffe Highway dancing establishment,
407
Raumer, Friedrich von,
99
n,
296
,
318
Ravensbourne (river),
201
receivers (of stolen goods),
377–8
Reed, German,
234
Reeves, George
see
George Reeves’ City Luncheon Rooms
Reform Bill (1831),
217
refuse-collection,
50
regattas,
275
Regent Street: construction and development,
47
,
56
,
264–6
; shopping,
237–9
,
241
Regent’s Circus
see
Piccadilly Circus
Regent’s Park: access,
266
; concerts,
267
; development,
264–5
; skating accident and deaths (1867),
232–6
‘rents’ (or ‘courts’),
186–7
resurrection men (anatomists),
374
Reynolds, Sir Joshua,
263
Rhodes, John,
361
& n
Rhodes, William,
361
n
rhubarb,
151–2
Richardson’s theatre,
278
Riderhood, Pleasant (character,
Our Mutual Friend
),
241
Riderhood, Rogue (character,
Our Mutual Friend
),
66
Riot Act (1715),
372
n
riots and mass demonstrations,
371–7
rivers: and street names,
201
; underground,
200
roads: cleaning,
50–2
,
52
; excavated for utilities and repairs,
52
,
55–6
; main access routes to London,
40
; narrowness for traffic,
46
; rules of the road,
44–5
; surfaces,
33–8
,
36
; widening,
57
;
see also
streets
Robertson, David,
414
Rokesmith, John (character,
Our Mutual Friend
),
277
Rolle, John, Baron,
312
rookeries
see
slums
Rosamond’s Pond, St James’s Park,
418–19
roundabouts (carousels),
279
& n
Routledge’s Popular Guide to London
,
174
rowing competitions,
275
Rowlandson, Thomas,
54
,
98
n,
150
,
167
Royal Academy,
269
; summer exhibition,
238
Royal Commission on Metropolitan Termini (1848),
106
Royal Courts of Justice: built,
196
Royal Exchange: illuminated,
366–7
Royal Humane Society: and skating accidents,
231–3
Royal Society for the Protection of Life from Fire,
113
royalty: birthdays,
318
; public appearances,
310–11
Russell, Lord John,
276
Ryan, Michael:
Prostitution in London
,
395
,
408
n,
418
Sabbatarian riots (1855),
376–8
Saffron Hill (or Field Lane),
182
,
184
,
196
,
197
St Ann’s burial ground, Soho,
219
St Clement Danes: crypt,
220
; and Wellington’s funeral,
338
St George’s market,
131
St Giles: gin palaces,
353
; improvements lead to homelessness,
189
,
196
; nightsoil,
207
; riot,
372
; slum,
133
,
182
,
191–3
St James’s Park: as Crown land,
260
; skating,
231–2
St James’s Square: macadamized,
34
; planted,
261
St John’s Wood,
182
St Luke’s market, Clerkenwell,
134
St Martin-in-the-Fields: church,
268–9
; churchyard,
219–20
; housing,
182
St Martin’s Lane,
270
St Mary-le-Strand, churchyard,
219
,
222
St Pancras parish: paving Boards,
215
St Pancras railway station,
106
n
St Paul’s cathedral: Portland stone,
204
; and Wellington’s funeral,
341
,
344–6
Sala, George Augustus: on appeal of fires,
331–2
; background and career,
24
n; on coffee stalls,
24
; on complexity of Seven Dials,
183
; on gin palace,
354
; on Haymarket restaurants,
290
; on Regent Street shops,
238
; on road repairs,
55
; on Rosamond’s Pond,
419
; on street entertainer,
259
; visits coffee shop,
293
; witnesses cholera death,
375
& n
sandwich-boards (advertising),
244–5
Sanger, ‘Lord’ George,
257–8
,
287
sanitation: improvements,
59
;
see also
hygiene, public; sewers and drains
Saracen’s Head Inn,
90
Saturday Review
,
403
Saunders, Abraham: theatre troupe,
278
Sawyer, Bob (character,
Pickwick Papers
),
99
,
247
scavengers,
161
Schlesinger, Max: on advertising carts,
246
; and bill-posting on bridges,
244
; on busy streets,
30
; complains of cabs and cabbies,
80
,
84
; on knocking at doors,
86
; on omnibuses,
69
; on pedestrian areas,
39
; praises suburban railway,
102
; sees fallen horse,
48
; on street dangers,
49
; on street sellers,
150
Scott’s Oyster House,
289
Scowton’s theatre,
278
Scrooge (character,
A Christmas Carol
),
170
,
221
,
252
season (social),
238
Sebastopol:, siege ends (1855),
368
Select Committee on Metropolis Improvement (1840),
188
Select Committee on Open Spaces (1833),
266
Select Committee on the Police (1816),
378
Select Committee on the Prevailing Vice of Drunkenness (1834),
352
Select Committee on Public Houses,
405
Serpentine (lake): drained,
305
; skating,
231–2
; unhygienic condition,
203
; Westbourne feeds into,
202
Servant Girl in London, The
,
350
servants,
86–7
; sell to street traders,
147–8
sewers and drains: discharge into Thames,
206
; disposal,
208–9
; inadequacy,
57
,
214
,
223
; legislation for (1858),
224–5
; public interest in,
225
; and rivers,
202–3
,
208–9
;
see also
hygiene, public; sanitation
Shaw, Donald,
183
sheep,
208
Shepherd’s market,
131
Shillibeer, George,
70
Ship, the (chophouse),
300
Ship Yard, off Strand,
196
Shoeblack Society,
153–4
shoeblacks,
153
shops and shopping: and haggling,
135
; holiday closing,
238
; in Regent Street,
237–9
; services,
246–7
; signs and advertising methods,
241–3
; and street sellers,
151
,
162
; types,
239–41
Sikes, Bill (character,
Oliver Twist
),
6
,
30
,
183
,
191
,
420
simplers,
162
Simpson’s Divan Tavern, Strand,
302
n
singing and songs: in pubs and clubs,
355
,
357–62
skating: accidents and deaths,
231–6
Sketches by Boz
(CD),
5
,
9
,
65
,
73
,
152
,
183
,
352
,
355
slang,
249–51
slap-bangs (eating houses),
299–300
slaughterhouses,
132–3
Sloman, Albert,
174–5
Sloppy (character,
Our Mutual Friend
),
51
Slum, Mr (character,
Old Curiosity Shop
),
244
slums (‘rookeries’): clearance,
76
; demolished for improvements,
189
,
196
; growth,
167
,
182
; living conditions,
192–5
; for the poor,
180
; ‘rents’ or ‘courts’,
186–7
Smallweed (character,
Bleak House
),
298
,
300
Smith, John,
418
Smithfield: housing,
182
Smithfield market: character,
127–30
; moved to Islington,
130
; slaughterhouse,
133
Smithfield Removal Bill (1852),
130
Snagsby, Mr (character,
Bleak House
),
146
n,
189
Snow, Dr John,
218
Society for the Prevention of Juvenile Prostitution,
397
Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts,
49
Society for the Rescue of Young Women and Children,
397
Society for the Suppression of Vice,
397
Soho Square,
261–2
Solomon, Isaac (Ikey),
386
n
Somerset House,
226
soup houses,
296–7
South Metropolitan Cemetery, Norwood,
223
Spa Road railway station,
61
speech: and pronunciation,
248–9
;
see also
slang
Spitalfields: gang violence,
372
; housing,
182
Spitalfields Workhouse,
216
spittoons,
356
& n
squares: built,
260–2
; planted,
261
; purpose and use,
261–4
stagecoaches: carry mail,
91–2
; numbers,
39
; offices used by streetsellers,
152
; routes and schedules,
90
;
see also
coaches; short-stagecoaches
Stamford Brook (river),
200
Stanley, Edward Henry, Lord (
later
15th Earl of Derby),
276
,
336
Staple’s Inn,
32
steamers: on Thames,
65–9
,
276–7
Stirling, Edward,
406
Stowe, Harriet Beecher,
105
Strand: developed,
269–71
; housing,
182
strawyards,
197
street cries,
134–5
,
149–50
,
283
& n
street pumps and standpipes,
209–10
,
210
street traders: buy from householders,
147–8
; dress,
145–6
; earnings,
141
,
243
; equipment and transport,
150
; favoured selling locations,
142
,
151–2
; of matches,
159–60
,
160
; and poverty,
160–2
; of prepared food and drink,
281–8
; seasonal,
142–3
; services,
148
; and shopkeepers,
151–19
; temporary,
161–2
; transport methods,
22
; ubiquity,
140
streets: amusements and recreations,
304–7
,
318
; building of,
60–1
; names and numbering,
57–8
,
201
; noise,
149
; parish maintenance,
56
; pavements (footpaths),
38–9
; pedestrian areas,
39
; professional entertainers and musicians,
252–9
,
253
; public ceremonies and celebrations,
308–12
,
315–17
; surfaces,
33–8
; voices,
247–8
,
251
;
see also
roads