Medieval London's murder hotspots revealed

[Mart 'n' Al]

i thought this would be of interest.  (I often wonder how my East London ancestors felt, living in the centre of Jack the Ripper's activities in the 1880s.)

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-46355383

Martin

[avm228]

Thanks for this.  Apart from anything else I love the (very) old maps

[mirl]

"...another was beaten to death for littering with eel skins..."

How many times did he have to hit him with those eels skins, do you think?
 

[Ruskie]

This is really interesting. I would like to have a closer look.

I may have missed it, but is there a way to view the map up close to see the detail?

avm, I'm with you on old maps. They are fascinating!

[Bookbox]

Try here ...

https://www.vrc.crim.cam.ac.uk/vrcresearch/london-medieval-murder-map

[Mart 'n' Al]

Ruskie, with lots of filters and clickable links.

https://www.vrc.crim.cam.ac.uk/vrcresearch/london-medieval-murder-map

I can see your house!  Do you have an alibi for that night?

Martin

[Ruskie]

Ruskie, with lots of filters and clickable links.

https://www.vrc.crim.cam.ac.uk/vrcresearch/london-medieval-murder-map

I can see your house!  Do you have an alibi for that night?

Martin

Thanks for the link. I will (try to) check that out.

Um. No you can't see my house Martin!

(I think at that time in Medieval London Terra Australis Nondum Cognita was still an enigma.) 

[avm228]

My house doesn’t feature (unsurprisingly), but my workplace does - it’s even the site of a double murder