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

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