1-231-007 - Reproduced by permission of Historic England/Heritage Images

Market Court, Kensington High Street, London, c1895. The south side of Kensington High Street, photographed with its inhabitants just three years prior to its demolition. The wooden cladding is coming away from the building and the windows are broken. Courts such as this one were frequently over-crowded with many families living in cramped and insanitary conditions.