What was London like in 1660?

Answer 1

London was very different in 1600 than it is now...London was a very smelly place. There were different things that caused the smell for example the butchers would skin and gut animals and then throw unwanted bits and bobs in the river (which was right by the houses) and people also put all there waste into the river, people also bathed in that river, washed their clothes and much much more. The smell in the street was very overpowering as you could imagine.

Above the smell, London was a very dangerous place. So, people were living in danger everyday. The danger came from crowded city conditions, rabid crime in the poorest areas, (not unlike today).

In then days you had pay for a doctor, so if you could afford a doctor he would probably 'bleed' you so that the evil spirits could escape from the system of your body. Most scholars believe that being doctored in those days often caused premature death.

Infant mortality was very high; more infants died than lived. Women were always pregnant and large families were the normal. They kept having children because so many died in childhood because of all the diseases going round. And it was common for women to go through abortion because of unwanted babies.

There was no such thing as a shopping mall or center, it was just the market. Ships would sail in with lots of goods and London dockworkers would straight away put the goods in the market.

Answer 2

London in the 16th century was in the middle of what is now called the renaissance age. It was the period of creativity this age was after the middle ages.The main achievements in the 16th century were in Math, science and arts. You would see Huge Gothic style cathedrals and people selling arts on the street in this age. In that age the black plague broke out to so you would might see carts carrying the infected dead.

Answer 3

well there was mostly wasteland which was covered in scrub and thickets and nine out of ten people lived in the countryside and worked on the land and they didn't have lots of cinemas and shops to entertain themselves like today and not everybody was treated equally and lots of rich people liked to get their potraits painted.

Answer 4

There was a extreme boundary between the rich and the poor. There were dead bodies lying around the streets where homeless people died, but they had no relatives to have a funeral. The rich would simply ignore the dirt and grime and dead bodies around the streets and no one would speak about it. Piles of rubbish would collect out on the streets, but was not cleaned up for a very long time. There were alot of rich people. They wore big proud hats, clothing and even some wore silver buckled shoes. It was very different from the poor. You could simply move out of the town and countryside would be at your feet. London docks were very busy and popular at the time. There were fishingboats and merchant ships everywhere in the river. It was mostly used for business purposes.

Answer 5

The River Thames was full of waste. However, many people relied on the river for bathing, washing clothes and drinking from it causing many diseases, mostly cholera and typhoid. London was very crowded so the streets were full of homelessness and crime. Only the rich could afford a Doctor Who would 'bleed' them to release all of the bad spirits, often causing premature death. More infants died then lived, so women kept having more children in the hope that some would make it to adulthood. Ships would sail into big ports bringing a lot of supplies whichwould be sold in markets. The streets were narrow and the houses were close together.

Answer 6

London was a smelly place in the 1600's and rampant with crime. People used the river to bath and do laundry and women were treated as inferior creatures to men who made the money.

Answer 7

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