Disorderly Women in Eighteenth-Century London: Prostitution and Control in the Metropolis, 1730-1830This is the first full-length study of prostitution in London during the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. It is a compelling account, exposing the real lives of the capital's prostitutes, and also shedding light on London society as a whole, its policing systems and its attitudes towards the female urban poor. Drawing on the archives of London's parishes, jury records, reports from Southwark gaol as well as other sources which have been overlooked by historians, it provides a fascinating study for all those interested in Georgian society. |
Contents
The Geography of Prostitution in London | |
Prostitution and the | |
Disruption | |
Policing the Streets | |
Policing Disorderly Houses | |
Attitudes towards Prostitution | |
Conclusion | |
Bibliography | |
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1st report 2nd report Aldgate Anon arrested bagnios beadles behaviour Bridewell charge books church courts City of London CLRO committed common prostitutes complaints constable conviction Covent Garden disorderly houses early nineteenth centuries eighteenth century England evidence example Farringdon fornication Geo.II Guildhall Justice Room Hanway houses of ill Ibid ill fame indictment inquest jury James John Fielding Jonas Hanway Karras Lane licensed lodging houses London Female Penitentiary magistrate Mandeville Metropolis minute book Modest Defence Nightly Watch number of women numbers of prostitutes OBSP offence Old Bailey parish parish authorities parish of St parish officers parish watch Patrick Colquhoun patrol peace Piccadilly Police Committee presentments prosecution punishment Reformation of Manners Regulation of brothels Select Committee sessions sexual Society soliciting Southwark streetwalkers trade trial Vagrancy venereal disease vestry vice Vol.V Vol.VII ward inquest Ward Wardmote wardmote court watch house watch trustees watchmen Westminster whoring woman