Month: February 2016

On Monday 3rd March 1890, the inquest into the death of Amelia Jeffs,  resumed at the King’s Head in West Ham. THE EVIDENCE OF MRS JEFFS The first person to give her evidence that day was Amelia’s distraught […]

The aftermath of the Amelia Jeffs murder, which had taken place sometime between January 31st 1890 and February 14th 1890, saw a flurry of police activity and a great deal of newspaper speculation. The gentlemen of the press […]

In the previous article on the case of the teenage girl whose body was found in a box inside a carrier’s office on Goswell Road in January 1883, we discussed speculation that the body might be that of […]

By the end of 1882, no new information had come to light that might explain the mysterious disappearances of  Mary Seward and Eliza Carter from West Ham, which had taken place in April 1881 and January 1882 respectively. […]

By January 1882, the people of the East End of London in general had all but forgotten about the unfortunate Mary Seward, who had, apparently, been abducted in April 1881 and of whom not a trace had been […]

Between 1881 and 1900, a series of mysterious disappearances took place in West Ham in the East End of London. Several young girls, who resided with their families in the district, vanished without a trace and, in all […]

Today sees the anniversary in 1890 of the finding of the body of a fourteen-year-old girl named Amelia Jeffs, in West Ham, East London. MISSING SINCE 31st JANUARY On Friday 31st January, Amelia had been sent out to […]

The women of East London in the late 19th century were a hardy bunch. Of that there can be little doubt. Indeed, the daily battle they were forced to fight in order for, not just themselves but often […]

Ask a cross section of people when the Jack the Ripper murders ended and you will, most probably, get an assortment of answers. Some might say that the crimes came to an end with the murder of Mary […]

There is an awful lot of rebuilding work going on in the East End of London at the moment. The area around Mitre Square, for example, is being completely redeveloped and, although it seems that what will arise […]