From 1830 map Darwin Street was "Pitt Street" on this map (centre left)
Darwin Street
They lived at 10 Darwin Street, and later 21 Darwin Street. Darwin Street was previously "Pitt Street" on the 1830 map.Today the area has been gentrified
Back in 1898 Charles Booth ( an English philanthropist and social researcher, most famed for his work on documenting working class life in London at the end of the 19th century- one of the most comprehensive social studies of London which has ever been undertaken) Recorded Darwin Street on his map (top right on the map). He appears to have it down as "Fairly comfortable . Good Ordinary earnings." His original notebook shows
"Darwin Street.... workers in Bermondsey: respectable: men came home for dinner: wives seldom work:.. "
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Darwin Street in 2007 is very neat and tidy
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Stephen Lyons, born 1827
Timothy Lyons, born 1852
William John Lyons, born 1880