ABSTRACT
The spatial distribution of prostitutes in Bristol was determined by different criteria: the density of population, the socio-economic development of the districts and the importance these districts had in the general movement of population in such a large city. As in Bristol, the spatial distribution of prostitutes in Nantes was determined by different socio-economic criteria, as well as by historical reasons which varied according to each division. The negotiation process between prostitutes, lodgers and authorities becomes clearly apparent in this issue of territorialisation of prostitutes’ work and the appropriation of urban space. The Bristol map of prostitution encompasses the references to prostitutes from 1778 to 1805 or, in other words, 93 addresses represented as precisely as possible on the map. The localisation of prostitutes was characterised by population density, the socioeconomic level of the district and by the number of places of sociability, of movement of inhabitants and travellers.
