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[eleanor bristow]

My Gt Gt Grandfather born1840 on the 1891 census his work is a carpet planner, He lived in Mile end new town London. I would have thought not many people had carpets living in that area. Elle

[Peter Goodey]

He probably worked "up west". :D

Have you seen the Charles Booth site?
http://booth.lse.ac.uk/

This is good for an overview of the social composition of different areas of London. Mile End was a bit more mixed than you might think.