📜 This bottle kiln, built around 1824, is the last remnant of London's notorious 19th-century 'Potteries and Piggeries' slum. 🔍 Once known as 'Cut-throat Lane', the area was infamous for its insalubrity and high child mortality rates, described by Charles Dickens as 'a plague spot'. # Why Go 🕰️ Explore a tangible relic of London's dark past and a significant historical site related to London's industrial past. ✍️ Connect with the history that inspired Charles Dickens' writings and his observations of Victorian poverty. 🧱 Learn about the lives of 19th-century brick makers and pig keepers, and discover a surviving piece of a notorious 19th-century slum. # Tips 🚇 Closest Tube station: Holland Park.