Old Castle Street Area, Whitechapel, 1851
Whitechapel's Old Castle Street area in the census.
Uses the 1851 census for Old Castle Street, New Castle Street, and adjacent courts in Whitechapel to explore Jewish settlement, Irish migration, and occupations in a streets linked to Petticoat Lane. The study questions how representative Henry Mayhew's street-trader accounts are of the whole population.