15 Vintage Photographs of Streets of London From the 1890s

   

During the 19th century, London was transformed into the world’s largest city and capital of the British Empire. In fact, by the 1890s, there were approximately 300,000 horses and 1,000 tons of dung a day in London.

 
Fleet Street
Fleet Street. By James Valentine

 

 
Boundary Street

 

 
Gracechurch Street

 

 
High Holborn

 

 
Oxford Street

 

Oxford Street

 

Regent Street

 

Farringdon Street

 

Looking toward the Bank of England

 

Wych Street

 

Bishopsgate Street

 

Broad Street Railway Station

 

 
Roehampton High Street

 

 
London screever on the Thames