Map of York showing Licensed Houses. Drink/poverty/temperance map. Rowntree 1901'Map of York showing the position of the Licensed Houses' This important temperanceor drinkand poverty map was published alongside B. Seebohm Rowntrees landmark 1901 study Poverty: A Study of Town Life. It illustrates the distribution of public houses and licensed premises across the city of York in relation to neighbourhood wealth. Inspired by Charles Booths London poverty maps, Rowntree employed a colour coded scheme: grey for the poorest areas,