That part of London in which we find most of the Shrosbrees inhabiting was in fact the county of Middlesex, which until the great fire of London in 1666 was outside the city walls .
Following that great disaster many people were displaced and the City of London was never to recover as great center of population . It was outside the city walls that the real reformation took place and the slow and relentless expansion continued until the whole of the east end had become a densely populated area.
By the beginning of the nineteenth century the population was just under a million which had increased to two and a half million by 1841 and four and a half million by 1889. A massive four fold increase .
The development of the canals and the rapid expansion of the railways added greatly to the misery of overcrowding . Huge numbers of People were displaced as large tracts of housing were demolished by the Canal navigators and then the railway companies .During the 1860's the building of the midland railway into St Pancras rendered some 10.000 people homeless in Agar and Somertown .
Between 1834 and 1901 over 76,000 people were displaced ,but prior to to 1874 there was no requirement to to rehouse those unfortunate homeless folk, and even then the legislation was easily circumvented.
This then was a major cause and reason for the constant movement of people around a district
In 1882 the East End Dwelling Company came into existence to help alleviate the overcrowding A good example of the GLC or Greater London Council attempts to deal with the problem can be seen in Bourne Estate Clerkenwell .
It is small wonder that we have difficulty tracing our Shrosbree Family in the East end of London
Following that great disaster many people were displaced and the City of London was never to recover as great center of population . It was outside the city walls that the real reformation took place and the slow and relentless expansion continued until the whole of the east end had become a densely populated area.
By the beginning of the nineteenth century the population was just under a million which had increased to two and a half million by 1841 and four and a half million by 1889. A massive four fold increase .
The development of the canals and the rapid expansion of the railways added greatly to the misery of overcrowding . Huge numbers of People were displaced as large tracts of housing were demolished by the Canal navigators and then the railway companies .During the 1860's the building of the midland railway into St Pancras rendered some 10.000 people homeless in Agar and Somertown .
Between 1834 and 1901 over 76,000 people were displaced ,but prior to to 1874 there was no requirement to to rehouse those unfortunate homeless folk, and even then the legislation was easily circumvented.
This then was a major cause and reason for the constant movement of people around a district
In 1882 the East End Dwelling Company came into existence to help alleviate the overcrowding A good example of the GLC or Greater London Council attempts to deal with the problem can be seen in Bourne Estate Clerkenwell .
It is small wonder that we have difficulty tracing our Shrosbree Family in the East end of London
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