Inside a tent on Mitcham Common
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Inside a tent on Mitcham Common
Inside a tent on Mitcham Common, the home to two men, their wives, and fourteen children of various ages. Mr. George Smith, social reformer of Coalville, Leicester, visited this encampment and commented on the " wretched and miserable" living conditions. Finding a woman recently given birth in this tent, Smith was moved to give her a small amount of money, on which the mother insisted in her gratitude that he could name the child whatever he chose. The child was named Deliverance.
1879
Media ID 7185399
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
1879 Camping Common Conditions Encampment Gipsies Gipsy Gypsies Gypsy Living Mitcham Poor Poverty Slum Squalor Tent Traveller
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