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GCSE History · key term
An overcrowded district of poor-quality housing, often containing a maze of narrow alleys and courts.
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Paper 1
An overcrowded district of poor-quality housing, often containing narrow alleys, courts and lodging houses.
Revise: The Whitechapel Environment: Living Conditions and MigrationIn one rookery recorded in 1877, 757 people occupied 123 rooms. These figures show why sharing cramped accommodation was a central feature of life.
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Paper 1
An overcrowded, poor urban district associated with criminal activity.
Revise: Crimes and criminalsPoor, overcrowded districts such as St Giles in London became known as rookeries and were associated with criminal activity. Their existence did not mean that all their residents were criminals: poverty and crime were connected, but they were not the same thing.