Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p The Devil's Acre was a notorious slum near Westminster Abbey in Victorian London. The Devil's Acre was on and behind Old Pye Street, Great St Anne's Lane (now St Ann Street) and Duck Lane (now St Matthew Street) in the parish of Westminster St Margaret and St John.In the 19th century it was considered one of the worst areas of London — in 1850 Charles Dickens called it The Devil's Acre in Household Words. In the same year the term slum was popularised by England and Wales's Cardinal Wiseman based at Westminster Cathedral adjoining the area, when his description of it was widely quoted in the national press.[citation needed]. }
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- Devil's_Acre abstract "The Devil's Acre was a notorious slum near Westminster Abbey in Victorian London. The Devil's Acre was on and behind Old Pye Street, Great St Anne's Lane (now St Ann Street) and Duck Lane (now St Matthew Street) in the parish of Westminster St Margaret and St John.In the 19th century it was considered one of the worst areas of London — in 1850 Charles Dickens called it The Devil's Acre in Household Words. In the same year the term slum was popularised by England and Wales's Cardinal Wiseman based at Westminster Cathedral adjoining the area, when his description of it was widely quoted in the national press.[citation needed]".