Peabody Square, SE1

Peabody Square was a traditional Peabody estate constructed in 1871 but subsequently modernised.

Peabody Square, Blackfriars Road, Bankside, c.1872

By 1870 Blackfriars Road and the surrounding area had been overwhelmingly urban for more than 50 years. The population was at its peak and the population density was increasing as housing gave way to new railways from London Bridge to Charing Cross and Canon Street, and to expanding industrial concerns.

Strict tenancy terms and relatively high rents show that the landlords were not providing for the poorer section of the market and were careful to ensure a required return on their investment.

The quality of housing fell dramatically and the area had one of the worst records for unsanitary conditions and mortality rates.

Peabody Square was not the first example of purpose-built model dwellings built on a (part) philanthropic basis, but it was certainly the largest.

The grounds are particularly attractive - these were improved by Peabody in 2001.

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Argent Street, SE1

Barbel Street, SE1 Barbel Street is a road in the SE1 postcode area (Lambeth North)

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Barkham Terrace, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode (Lambeth North)

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Baylis Road, SE1

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Belvedere Buildings, SE1 Belvedere Buildings is a road in the SE1 postcode area

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Benson House, SE1 Benson House is located on Hatfields (Southwark)

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Blackfriars Foundry 154-156, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode

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Blackfriars Road, SE1 Blackfriars Road runs between St George’s Circus at the southern end and Blackfriars Bridge over the River Thames at the northern end, leading to the City of London. (Southwark)

Blackfriars Road, SE1

Borough Road, SE1 Borough Road runs east-west between St George’s Circus and Borough High Street (Newington)

Borough Road, SE1

Boundary Row, SE1 Boundary Row is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area

Boundary Row, SE1

Boyfield Street, SE1 Boyfield Street is a road in the SE1 postcode area

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Braque Building, SE1 Braque Building is a building on Ewer Street

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Brookwood House, SE1 Brookwood House is a building on Webber Street

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Buckstone Apartments, SE1 Buckstone Apartments is a block on Blackfriars Road (Newington)

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Burdett Street, SE1 Burdett Street is a road in the SE1 postcode area (Lambeth North)

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Burrows Mews, SE1 Burrows Mews is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area

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Caxton House, SE1 Caxton House is a block on Borough Road (Newington)

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Chaplin Close, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode (Waterloo)

Chaplin Close, SE1

Clandon House, SE1 Clandon House is located on Boyfield Street

Clandon House, SE1

Cole House, SE1 Cole House is a block on Tanswell Street (Waterloo)

Cole House, SE1

Collinson Walk, SE1 Collinson Walk is a road in the SE1 postcode area

Collinson Walk, SE1

Colnbrook Street, SE1 Colnbrook Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area (Newington)

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Conquest Apartments, SE1 Conquest Apartments is sited on Blackfriars Road (Newington)

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Cons Street, SE1 Emma Cons was the founder of the Royal Victoria Coffee Music Hall, that later became known as the Old Vic (Waterloo)

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Cooper Close, SE1 Cooper Close is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area (Waterloo)

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Copperfield Street, SE1 Copperfield Street was named after the novel David Copperfield by Charles Dickens, by association with nearby Dickens Square

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Coral Street, SE1 Coral Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area (Waterloo)

Coral Street, SE1

Cornwall Flats, SE1 Cornwall Flats is a block on Cornwall Road (Waterloo)

Cornwall Flats, SE1

Cosser Street, SE1 Cosser Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area (Lambeth North)

Cosser Street, SE1

Cottesloe Mews, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode (Lambeth North)

Cottesloe Mews, SE1

Delphini Apartments, SE1 Delphini Apartments can be found on Blackfriars Road (Newington)

Delphini Apartments, SE1

Dibdin Apartments, SE1 Dibdin Apartments is located on Blackfriars Road

Dibdin Apartments, SE1

Dibdin Row, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode (Lambeth North)

Dibdin Row, SE1

Dodson Street, SE1 Dodson Street is a road in the SE1 postcode area (Waterloo)

Dodson Street, SE1

Doreen Ramsey Court, SE1 Doreen Ramsey Court is a block on The Cut (Waterloo)

Doreen Ramsey Court, SE1

Ellis Apartments, SE1 Ellis Apartments is a block on Milcote Street (Newington)

Ellis Apartments, SE1

Ernst Building, SE1 Ernst Building is a block on Union Street

Ernst Building, SE1

Ethelm House, SE1 Ethelm House is a block on Cornwall Road (Waterloo)

Ethelm House, SE1

Fifth Floor Valentine Place, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode

Fifth Floor Valentine Place, SE1

Frazier Street, SE1 Frazier Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area (Waterloo)

Frazier Street, SE1

Friars House, SE1 Friars House is a block on Blackfriars Road

Friars House, SE1

Gambia Street, SE1 Gambia Street - then called William Street - was already on the 1800 maps of London

Gambia Street, SE1

Garden Row, SE1 Garden Row is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area (Newington)

Garden Row, SE1

Gardiner House, SE1 Gardiner House is a block on Borough Road (Newington)

Gardiner House, SE1

Gare Apartments, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode

Gare Apartments, SE1

Gaunt Street, SE1 Gaunt Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area (Elephant and Castle)

Gaunt Street, SE1

Gay Street, SE1 Gay Street is a road in the SW15 postcode area

Gay Street, SE1

Gaywood Street, SE1 Gaywood Street is a road in the SE1 postcode area (Elephant and Castle)

Gaywood Street, SE1

Gerridge Street, SE1 Gerridge Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area (Waterloo)

Gerridge Street, SE1

Gibbings House, SE1 Gibbings House can be found on King James Street (Newington)

Gibbings House, SE1

Glade Path, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode (Newington)

Glade Path, SE1

Gladstone Street, SE1 Gladstone Street was built in the 1840s (Newington)

Gladstone Street, SE1

Glasshill Street, SE1 Glasshill Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area (Greater London)

Glasshill Street, SE1

Global House, SE1 Global House is a building on Great Suffolk Street (Greater London)

Global House, SE1

Globe View House, SE1 Globe View House is a block on Blackfriars Road

Globe View House, SE1

Granby Place, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode (Waterloo)

Granby Place, SE1

Gray Street, SE1 Gray Street is a road in the SE1 postcode area (Waterloo)

Gray Street, SE1

Great Suffolk Street, SE1 Great Suffolk Street was at one time called Dirty Lane

Great Suffolk Street, SE1

Greenham Close, SE1 Greenham Close is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area (Lambeth North)

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Helen Gladstone House, SE1 Helen Gladstone House is a block on Nelson Square

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Hercules Road, SE1 Hercules Road runs north from Lambeth Road near Lambeth Palace, on the site of Penlington Place (Lambeth North)

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Hermes House, SE1 Hermes House is a block on Blackfriars Road

Hermes House, SE1

Holmes Terrace, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode (Waterloo)

Holmes Terrace, SE1

Hunter House, SE1 Hunter House is a block on King James Street (Newington)

Hunter House, SE1

Joan Street, SE1 Jane Street became Joan Street in 1937 (Southwark)

Joan Street, SE1

Johanna Street, SE1 Johanna Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area (Waterloo)

Johanna Street, SE1

Kell Street, SE1 Kell Street is a road in the SE1 postcode area (Newington)

Kell Street, SE1

Kennington Road, SE1 A small section of Kennington Road lies in the SE1 postal area (Lambeth North)

Kennington Road, SE1

Keyworth Street, SE1 Keyworth Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area (Newington)

Keyworth Street, SE1

King Edward Walk, SE1 King Edward Walk is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area (Lambeth North)

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King James Court, SE1 King James Court leads off King James Street

King James Court, SE1

King James Street, SE1 King James Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area (Newington)

King James Street, SE1

Kings Bench Street, SE1 Kings Bench Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area

Kings Bench Street, SE1

Lagare Apartments, SE1 Lagare Apartments is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area

Lagare Apartments, SE1

Lake House, SE1 Lake House is a block on Scovell Road

Lake House, SE1

Lambeth Road, SE1 Lambeth Road is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area (Lambeth North)

Lambeth Road, SE1

Lancaster Street, SE1 Lancaster Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area (Newington)

Lancaster Street, SE1

Larch House, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode (Waterloo)

Larch House, SE1

Launcelot Street, SE1 Launcelot Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area (Waterloo)

Launcelot Street, SE1

Lefroy House, SE1 Lefroy House is a block on Collinson Street

Lefroy House, SE1

Library Street, SE1 Library Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area (Newington)

Library Street, SE1

Lingfield House, SE1 Lingfield House is a block on Lancaster Street (Newington)

Lingfield House, SE1

Linton House, SE1 Linton House is a block on Union Street

Linton House, SE1

Loman Street, SE1 Loman Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area

Loman Street, SE1

London Road, SE1 London Road is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area (Newington)

London Road, SE1

Lower Marsh, SE1 Lower Marsh is an 18th century street in the Waterloo neighbourhood (Waterloo)

Lower Marsh, SE1

Lumiere Court, SE1 Lumiere Court is sited on Lancaster Street (Newington)

Lumiere Court, SE1

Markstone House, SE1 Markstone House is a block on Lancaster Street

Markstone House, SE1

Mathieson Court, SE1 Mathieson Court is a block on King James Street (Newington)

Mathieson Court, SE1

McAuley Close, SE1 McAuley Close runs north from Cosser Street (Lambeth North)

McAuley Close, SE1

Mead Row, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode (Lambeth North)

Mead Row, SE1

Merrow Street, SE1 Merrow Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area

Merrow Street, SE1

Metro House, SE1 Metro House can be found on Blackfriars Road (Southwark)

Metro House, SE1

Milcote Street, SE1 Milcote Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area (Newington)

Milcote Street, SE1

Mitre Road, SE1 Mitre Road is a road in the SE1 postcode area (Waterloo)

Mitre Road, SE1

Morley Street, SE1 Morley Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area (Waterloo)

Morley Street, SE1

Munro House, SE1 Munro House can be found on Murphy Street (Waterloo)

Munro House, SE1

Muro Court, SE1 Muro Court is a block on Milcote Street (Newington)

Muro Court, SE1

Murphy Street, SE1 Murphy Street is a road in the SE1 postcode area (Waterloo)

Murphy Street, SE1

Nelson Square, SE1 Nelson Square is a road in the SE1 postcode area

Nelson Square, SE1

Newington Causeway, SE1 Newington Causeway appears to have been so named in the middle of the 18th century (Elephant and Castle)

Newington Causeway, SE1

Newington Court, SE1 Newington Court is a block on Newington Court (Newington)

Newington Court, SE1

Newman House, SE1 Newman House is a block on Garden Row (Newington)

Newman House, SE1

Newnham Terrace, SE1 Newnham Terrace is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area (Lambeth North)

Newnham Terrace, SE1

Oakey Lane, SE1 This is a street in the SE1 postcode area (Lambeth North)

Oakey Lane, SE1

Oakley Street, SE1 Gibson Street was called Oakley Street after 1877 (Waterloo)

Oakley Street, SE1

Olwen House, SE1 Olwen House is sited on Loman Street

Olwen House, SE1

Ontario Street, SE1 Ontario Street is a road in the SE1 postcode area (Elephant and Castle)

Ontario Street, SE1

Oreilly Street, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode (Waterloo)

Oreilly Street, SE1

Palestra House, SE1 Palestra House is a block on Blackfriars Road

Palestra House, SE1

Patrick Court, SE1 Patrick Court is a block on Webber Street

Patrick Court, SE1

Peabody Square, SE1 Peabody Square was a traditional Peabody estate constructed in 1871 but subsequently modernised (Newington)

Peabody Square, SE1

Pear Place, SE1 Pear Place was formerly Peartree Street (Waterloo)

Pear Place, SE1

Pearman Street, SE1 Pearman Street is one of the centres of London (Lambeth North)

Pearman Street, SE1

Pegasus House, SE1 Pegasus House is a block on Great Suffolk Street (Greater London)

Pegasus House, SE1

Pepper Street, SE1 Pepper Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area

Pepper Street, SE1

Perspective Building, SE1 Perspective Building is a block on Westminster Bridge Road (Lambeth North)

Perspective Building, SE1

Pioneer/Signal Building, SE1 Pioneer/Signal Building is a block on Newington Causeway (Elephant and Castle)

Pioneer/Signal Building, SE1

Pocock Street, SE1 Pocock Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area

Pocock Street, SE1

Pontypool Place, SE1 Pontypool Place is a road in the SE1 postcode area (Waterloo)

Pontypool Place, SE1

Prospect House, SE1 Prospect House is a block on Gaywood Street (Elephant and Castle)

Prospect House, SE1

Rankine House, SE1 Rankine House is a block on Bath Terrace (Elephant and Castle)

Rankine House, SE1

Reeves House, SE1 Reeves House is a block on Baylis Road (Waterloo)

Reeves House, SE1

Risborough Street, SE1 Risborough Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area

Risborough Street, SE1

Rosler Building, SE1 Rosler Building is a block on Ewer Street

Rosler Building, SE1

Rotary Street, SE1 Rotary Street runs from Borough Road to Thomas Doyle Street (Newington)

Rotary Street, SE1

Rowland Hill House, SE1 Rowland Hill House is a block on Union Street

Rowland Hill House, SE1

Rushworth Street, SE1 Rushworth Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area

Rushworth Street, SE1

Sandell Street, SE1 Sandell Street is named after a Mr Sandell, who owned warehouses here in the 1860s (Waterloo)

Sandell Street, SE1

Santley House, SE1 Santley House can be found on Frazier Street (Waterloo)

Santley House, SE1

Sawyer Street, SE1 Sawyer Street is named after Bob Sawyer, a character in the novel The Pickwick Papers by local resident Charles Dickens

Sawyer Street, SE1

Scovell Crescent, SE1 Scovell Crescent is a road in the SE1 postcode area (Newington)

Scovell Crescent, SE1

Scovell Road, SE1 Scovell Road is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area (Newington)

Scovell Road, SE1

Short Street, SE1 Short Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area (Waterloo)

Short Street, SE1

Silex Street, SE1 Silex Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area

Silex Street, SE1

Skipton House, SE1 Skipton House is a block on London Road (Elephant and Castle)

Skipton House, SE1

Smale House, SE1 Smale House is sited on Great Suffolk Street (Greater London)

Smale House, SE1

South Bank Technopark, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode (Newington)

South Bank Technopark, SE1

Spur Road, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode (Waterloo)

Spur Road, SE1

St Alphege House, SE1 Residential block

St Alphege House, SE1

St George’s Court, SE1 St George’s Court is a block on Garden Row (Newington)

St George’s Court, SE1

St Georges Cottages, SE1 St Georges Cottages is noted as a previous address at this approximate location

St Georges Cottages, SE1

St Georges Road, SE1 St Georges Road is one of the main thoroughfares of south London (Newington)

St Georges Road, SE1

St George’s Circus, SE1 St Georges Circus is a junction where six major roads meet (Newington)

St George’s Circus, SE1

St. Georges Mews, SE1 St George’s Mews lies off of Westminster Bridge Road (Lambeth North)

St. Georges Mews, SE1

Station Approach, SE1 Station Approach serves Waterloo station (Waterloo)

Station Approach, SE1

Steam Pump Lane, SE1 Steam Pump Lane is a road in the W4 postcode area (Lambeth)

Steam Pump Lane, SE1

Stopher House, SE1 Stopher House is a block on Webber Street

Stopher House, SE1

Sudrey Street, SE1 Sudrey Street was formerly Little Suffolk Street

Sudrey Street, SE1

Surrey Row, SE1 Surrey Row is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area

Surrey Row, SE1

Surrey Rowe, SE1 Surrey Rowe is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area

Surrey Rowe, SE1

Tanswell Street, SE1 Tanswell Street is a road in the SE1 postcode area (Waterloo)

Tanswell Street, SE1

Tarn Street, SE1 Tarn Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area (Elephant and Castle)

Tarn Street, SE1

Telford House, SE1 Telford House is located on Tiverton Street (Elephant and Castle)

Telford House, SE1

The Balcony, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode (Waterloo)

The Balcony, SE1

The Chandlery, SE1 The Chandlery is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area (Lambeth North)

The Chandlery, SE1

The Colonnade, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode (Waterloo)

The Colonnade, SE1

The Cut, SE1 Lower Marsh and The Cut, with its street market, formed the commercial heart of the area from the early 19th century (Waterloo)

The Cut, SE1

The Foundry, SE1 The Foundry is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area

The Foundry, SE1

Thomas Doyle Street, SE1 Thomas Doyle Street is a road in the SE1 postcode area (Newington)

Thomas Doyle Street, SE1

Thorold House, SE1 Thorold House is a block on Pepper Street

Thorold House, SE1

Tiverton Street, SE1 Tiverton Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area (Elephant and Castle)

Tiverton Street, SE1

Ufford Street, SE1 Ufford Street is a road in the SE1 postcode area

Ufford Street, SE1

Union House, SE1 Union House is a block on Great Suffolk Street

Union House, SE1

Valentine Place, SE1 Valentine Place is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area (Waterloo)

Valentine Place, SE1

Valentine Row, SE1 A street within the SE1 postcode (Waterloo)

Valentine Row, SE1

Vaughan House, SE1 Vaughan House is a block on Nelson Square

Vaughan House, SE1

Waterloo Centre, SE1 Waterloo Centre is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area (Waterloo)

Waterloo Centre, SE1

Waterloo Road, SE1 Waterloo Road is the main road in the Waterloo area straddling the boroughs of Lambeth and Southwark. (Waterloo)

Waterloo Road, SE1

Webber Row, SE1 Webber Row is a road in the SE1 postcode area (Waterloo)

Webber Row, SE1

Webber Street, SE1 Webber Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area

Webber Street, SE1

Wellesley Court, SE1 Wellesley Court is a block on Rockingham Street (Elephant and Castle)

Wellesley Court, SE1

Wellington House, SE1 Wellington House is a block on Waterloo Road (Waterloo)

Wellington House, SE1

Westminster Bridge House, SE1 Westminster Bridge House is a block on Westminster Bridge Road (Lambeth North)

Westminster Bridge House, SE1

Westminster Bridge Road, SE1 Westminster Bridge Road runs on an east-west axis and passes through the boroughs of Lambeth and Southwark (Lambeth North)

Westminster Bridge Road, SE1

Whitehorse Mews, SE1 Whitehorse Mews is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area (Lambeth North)

Whitehorse Mews, SE1

Winchester House, SE1 Winchester House is sited on Southwark Bridge Road

Winchester House, SE1

Windmill House, SE1 Windmill House is a block on Wootton Street (Waterloo)

Windmill House, SE1

Wireworks Court, SE1 Wireworks Court is a block on Great Suffolk Street

Wireworks Court, SE1

Wootton Street, SE1 Wootton Street is one of the streets of London in the SE1 postal area (Waterloo)

Wootton Street, SE1

Wykeham House, SE1 Wykeham House is a block on Union Street

Wykeham House, SE1

Zeiss Court, SE1 Zeiss Court is sited on Lancaster Street (Newington)

Zeiss Court, SE1

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