Charles Booth - interactive poverty maps
 

Apoplogies if this has been posted before but I found it fascinating.

http://booth.lse.ac.uk/

Click on browse maps and search for the address you're interested in. Then click on show notebooks and little numbers pop up on the map, click again the number over "your" address and the handwritten notebook for that area appears.

There's lots of details about whether the children had boots or hats, number of thieves, prostitutes etc and drinking habits as well as descriptions of the housing. I know all this has been available for ages but I think it's easier to access now.

It's a fantastic resource. The Family History Centre in South Kensington has a huge map on the wall, which I always enjoyed looking at. My lot are always in the black areas!