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England in the 19th century became one of the mot heavily urbamnized countries in the world. Most of the wrbanization occurred in the 19th century as part of Indudtrial Revolution. People moved from the coutry sise into the cities. The ciies grew enormously and Britain had to begin to import food to feed them. Agriculture did not decline, but it did as proprtion of the economy. At the same time that Britain urbamized it began building a public education system. Here England lagged behind other imprtant counties, especially America and Germany. The major commitment was the Educatioin Act of 1870. English scchools were in the cities and villages. There were no rural schools as in America. Children walked to schools as there was usually a primary schools within walking distance, unless the child lived in the country. A factor in going to school was traffic. Englamd made huge advnces in tranports duruing the 19th centyrry, cabnals, railroads, and steamships. None of this ffected school childrem. Vehiculsr traffic was little chnbged during the century. It was primsrily horse sanguggies in 1800 as it was in 1900. Street cars appeared in the larte-19th century, but they were drawn by horses and rarely used by school children. The same was true of the London Outground which did mo ncome impoprtsnt uimntil the turn -of-the 20 cenyury with elctrificstion. Traffic was a issue for younger children. There were accidents before cars appeared on streets, but they were relatively rare. Horses in towns and horse-drawn carriages did not go all that fast. The power of the horses and the condition of the streets limited speed. We have photographic evidence by the late-19tyh century. Images taken in towns and villages show largely deserted streets and roads. Traffic jams were virtually non-existent and outside city centers, the cobbeldtone streets and roads seem rather placid and non-threatening for childrem.
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