Desolate London: Stunning Ghostly Photos of London’s Streets and Landmarks from the Late 19th Century

There is something scary, yet captivating about abandoned places. They remind us about the people who used to live there and now they are gone. When you try to imagine these people and their lives, each picture gets a special aura of nostalgia and a touch of haunted house feeling.

These photos show empty streets, homes, shops, and landmarks of London from the late 19th century. Every Londoner would instinctively understand the loneliness and emptiness in these photos. The infrastructure of modern London is mostly congested, tiny apartments and streets, and there are too many people in too small space. You may be familiar with these places but now they have been replaced with new buildings, homes, and landmarks.

#1 Oriental Blended Teas

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#2 Two girls lurk in the yard behind this old house in the Palace Yard, Lambeth.

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#3 A woman turns the corner into Wych St.

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#4 A girl watches from a balcony at the Oxford Arms while boys stand in the shadow below.

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#5 At the Oxford Arms, 1875.

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#6 At the entrance to the Oxford Arms.

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#7 The Oxford Arms, Warwick Lane, looking from Warwick Lane

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#8 The Oxford Arms, Warwick Lane, 1875

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#9 A relaxed gathering in Drury Lane.

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#10 A man turns to look back in Drury Lane, 1876.

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#11 At the back of St Bartholomew’s, Smithfield, 1877.

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#12 In Gray’s Inn Lane.

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#13 A man peers from the window of a chemists’ at the corner of Lower James St and Brewer St.

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#14 A lone policeman on duty in High Holborn, 1878.

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#15 A gentleman in Barnard’s Inn.

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#16 At White Hart Inn yard.

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#17 At Queen’s Inn yard.

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#18 A woman lingers in front of the butcher in Borough High St, Southwark.

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#19 A porter puts down his basket in the street at the corner of Cheapside and Friday St.

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#20 In Fleet St.

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#21 The Old Bell, Holborn

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#22 At the corner of Fore St and Milton St.

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#23 Doorways on Lawrence Pountney Hill.

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#24 A conversation at the entrance to Inner Temple, Fleet St.

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#25 In Aldgate.

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