In the 1851 Census, Joseph English (aged 52) is listed as an undertaker active at 2 Fuller Street, in Bethnal Green, London. English's business was in one of the poorer areas of London, shown in Edwin Chadwick's infamous Map of Bethnal Green Parish, Shewing the Mortality from four classes of Disease in certain localities during the year ended 31st December 1838. In the census, English's household included his wife and five children, three of whom were scholars, one son a silk weaver, and another a gimp spinner. The National Probate Calendar records English's death on January 27, 1871, with effects under £450.
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English, Joseph, 1798 or 1799–1871. | Undertakers and undertaking -- Great Britain. | Death care industry -- Great Britain. | Mourning customs -- Great Britain. | Funeral rites and ceremonies -- Great Britain. | Funeral supplies industry -- Great Britain. | Coffins -- Great Britain. | Bethnal Green (London, England) -- Social conditions.
