Victorian London

E183568

historical city period urban area

Victorian London was the rapidly industrializing, socially stratified capital of the British Empire during Queen Victoria’s reign, characterized by stark contrasts between wealth and poverty, foggy streets, and burgeoning urban life.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Victorian London canonical	29
London society	1
Victorian London (within the musical)	1
Victorian London underworld	1
Victorian-era London	1
Victorian-era London (in most productions)	1

Statements (78)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical city period ⓘ urban area ⓘ
capitalOf	British Empire ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
characterizedBy	air pollution ⓘ charitable institutions ⓘ child labor ⓘ gas lighting ⓘ horse-drawn traffic ⓘ industrial factories ⓘ overcrowding ⓘ philanthropy ⓘ poverty ⓘ public executions (early Victorian period) ⓘ railway expansion ⓘ rapid industrialization ⓘ slum clearance projects (late Victorian period) ⓘ slums ⓘ smog ⓘ social stratification ⓘ urbanization ⓘ wealth inequality ⓘ workhouses ⓘ
continent	Europe ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
economicRole	financial center of the British Empire ⓘ global trading hub ⓘ
endTime	1901 ⓘ
governedBy	London County Council ⓘ surface form: London County Council (from 1889) Metropolitan Board of Works ⓘ
hasDistrict	Bloomsbury ⓘ Chelsea ⓘ City of London ⓘ East End of London ⓘ surface form: East End Kensington ⓘ Lambeth ⓘ Southwark ⓘ West End ⓘ Whitechapel ⓘ
hasInfrastructure	London Underground ⓘ sewer system designed by Joseph Bazalgette ⓘ
hasLandmark	Buckingham Palace ⓘ Palace of Westminster ⓘ surface form: Houses of Parliament St Paul's Cathedral ⓘ surface form: St Paul’s Cathedral Tower of London ⓘ Trafalgar Square ⓘ Westminster Abbey, London ⓘ surface form: Westminster Abbey
inLiterature	Sherlock Holmes stories ⓘ surface form: Sherlock Holmes stories by Arthur Conan Doyle novels of George Gissing ⓘ novels of William Thackeray ⓘ works of Charles Dickens ⓘ
knownFor	The Crystal Palace ⓘ surface form: Crystal Palace (Great Exhibition of 1851) Jack the Ripper ⓘ surface form: Jack the Ripper murders Thames River pollution ⓘ West End theatres ⓘ construction of Tower Bridge ⓘ construction of the Houses of Parliament ⓘ expansion of the London Underground ⓘ foggy streets ⓘ literary culture ⓘ music halls ⓘ omnibuses ⓘ penny dreadfuls ⓘ street markets ⓘ the Great Stink of 1858 ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
locatedInTimePeriod	Victorian era ⓘ
majorReligion	Christianity ⓘ
monarch	Queen Victoria ⓘ
partOf	London, England ⓘ surface form: London
policedBy	Metropolitan Police Service ⓘ
reignOf	Queen Victoria ⓘ
socialIssue	cholera outbreaks ⓘ crime ⓘ housing shortage ⓘ infectious diseases ⓘ prostitution ⓘ
startTime	1837 ⓘ

Referenced by (34)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

A Christmas Carol → setIn → Victorian London ⓘ

subject surface form: A Christmas Carol (2009 film)

Cyber-Shades → settingOfUse → Victorian London ⓘ

Cyber-King → settingOfAppearance → Victorian London ⓘ

Jekyll & Hyde → setting → Victorian London ⓘ

A Christmas Carol (2009 film score) → hasSubject → Victorian London ⓘ

Museum of London → collectionPeriod → Victorian London ⓘ

Mr. Edward Hyde → workSetting → Victorian London ⓘ

Jenny Diver → setInTimePeriod → Victorian London ⓘ

this entity surface form: Victorian-era London (in most productions)

Dr. Watson → basedIn → Victorian London ⓘ

Mickey's Christmas Carol → hasSetting → Victorian London ⓘ

Ebenezer Scrooge → workSetting → Victorian London ⓘ

Sherlock Holmes Museum → theme → Victorian London ⓘ

Jim Moriarty → setting → Victorian London ⓘ

Mrs. Hudson → setting → Victorian London ⓘ

Paul Montague → hasSocialContext → Victorian London ⓘ

this entity surface form: London society

Found → setting → Victorian London ⓘ

Vanessa Ives → setting → Victorian London ⓘ

Ethan Chandler → setting → Victorian London ⓘ

Brona Croft → setting → Victorian London ⓘ

Lily Frankenstein → setting → Victorian London ⓘ

The Limehouse Golem → hasTheme → Victorian London ⓘ

this entity surface form: Victorian London underworld

Dunwall → inspiredBy → Victorian London ⓘ

Tavistock House (historical) → associatedWith → Victorian London ⓘ

Rebuilding of the Travellers Club, Pall Mall (alterations and additions) → associatedWith → Victorian London ⓘ

this entity surface form: Victorian-era London

Miss Hartigan → setting → Victorian London ⓘ

Shanghai Knights → setting → Victorian London ⓘ

Assassin's Creed series → notableHistoricalSetting → Victorian London ⓘ

Deep Breath → settingLocation → Victorian London ⓘ

Edward Hyde → setting → Victorian London ⓘ

Emma Carew → appearsInSetting → Victorian London ⓘ

Lucy Harris → setting → Victorian London ⓘ

Gabriel John Utterson → setting → Victorian London ⓘ

Someone Like You → setting → Victorian London ⓘ

subject surface form: Someone Like You (Jekyll & Hyde song)

this entity surface form: Victorian London (within the musical)

Paula Alquist → settingOfWorkAppearsIn → Victorian London ⓘ