Horrible Hoxton! VICTORIAN SLUM Crime and Destitution in London’s Inner City

Hoxton was Victorian London’s leading criminal district and a poverty-stricken area on the city’s edge, a slum that acted as a fence between the rich and the poor, according to the social investigator Charles Booth. In this eyewitness account from the 1890s, find out what he witnessed and how people lived on the hard streets of Hoxton. 📣 JOIN to support the channel as a Member: 👍 Support the channel (donations): Send a Super Thanks from the video page Do you like history? SUBSCRIBE and click the bell icon to keep up-to-date. Please support the channel by sharing this video on social media 📲 ✅ It really helps the channel grow so we can bring you more content to watch 📺 Thank you ▶️ Victorian documentaries (Playlist): ▶️ Edwardian Documentaries (Playlist): ▶️ Worst Jobs in Victorian History (Playlist): ▶️ Victorian workhouses (Playlist): ▶️ Criminal Past (Playlist): ▶️ American Slums and Tenements (Playlist): ▶️ History of the American West (Playlist): Credits: Narration - CC BY - Frog old street sign by Yves Cosentio; Hoxton overground station by Ben Sutherland; Panic by Yves Cosentino CC BY-SA - Boot street, hackney by Ewan Munro; Electricity Showrooms by Fabio Venni; Former timber merchant Hoxton Street by Jim Osley via ; Ghost sign Hoxton Street by Jim Osley via ; Ghost sign Kingsland Road by Jim Osley via ; Hoxton Street N1 and Old Street EC1 by trailerfullofpix; Old street ghost sign by Jim Osley via ; The Hoppole Pitfield and Coronet Street Hoxton 1978 by Sludge G #VictorianLondon #VictorianDocumentary #VictorianLondonDocumentary #VictorianEraDocumentary #VictorianLife #Victorian #19thCentury #VictorianEra #VictorianSlums #HistoryDocumentary #FactFeast