The hard-hitting collection, compiled into a book called Street Life In London, shows the grim reality of life for millions of poverty-stricken Londoners during the Victorian age.

Work to refurbish and relay Guildford’s iconic setts is taking shape. Surrey County Council is around half way through its £1million project on the High Street, which started at the beginning ...

Guildford High Street will become a ‘controlled parking zone’ following the completion of work to refurbish and relay 115,000 setts. The county and borough council spent £1 million on the ...

Edinburgh 's transport and environment committee agreed to ask for a report on the pros and cons of keeping and reconstructing the setts in East London Street or tarmacking the central carriageway ...

Removing the setts and replacing them with asphalt would cost £600,000 to £800,000 and take 16 weeks, but would go against council policy of preserving cobbled streets.

Work is expected to take place over the next couple of months, with an estimated 1,000 tonnes of setts to be laid for paving along Union Street as a feature of the new surface.