19th century london

Amazing photos from the past

In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London

A woman and child look toward a ship on the Thames, 1880. Photo credit: Sunderland Antiquarian Society — in London, United Kingdom

We offer you a Jack the Ripper walk that follows a truly atmospheric route and which goes straight into the old, narrow alleyways where you will feel like you’ve been transported back to the mean streets of the Victorian East End. In addition you will visit more murder sites and locations related to the Jack the Ripper murders than on other Jack the Ripper walks, and be guided in your quest by true experts on the subject.

Here we look at 11 historic images from the Historic England Archive.