oxford urban history conference
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John Rocque’s 1746 map of London, illustrating the distortion created in warping.
An area of Cheapside with street & parish polygon centres shown
Completed street network for main area covered by Rocque's map.
An extract of the buffered and trimmed polygons
The full set of MOLA data/polygons displayed in Google Maps
The Distribution of houses recording zero, one or two hearths.
Results ‘Felo’ and ‘Suicide’ in Coroners’ Inquests
‘horse’, ‘mare’ and ‘gelding’ from the Old Bailey, mapped by ‘street’.
Parish populations, 1740s
The Geography of Crime
Crime Locations, 1674-1819, Per Capita by Parish
Crime Locations (red) vs Defendant Home (green)
Murder Prosecutions Per Capita, 1674-1819
Male (green) vs Female (red) Murderers
Male Murders involving Swords
Male Murders, 1674-1730 [pins] and the 4s in the £ Tax (1693/94)
Thefts (1674-1700) [pins] and Hearths per Household (1666)
City of London: Thefts (1674-1700) vs Hearths per Household (1666)
Average Hearths vs Per Capita Theft Prosecutions, 1674-1700
Average Hearths Per 1000 Capita Theft Prosecutions
Ten wealthiest parishes
6.73 6.7
Ten poorest parishes 2.43 3.3
Ten top Prosecution Parishes
5.09 14.7
4s in the £ Rents vs Per Capita Crime Prosecutions, 1674-1720
Thefts of Gold/Silver (red) and Clothing (green)