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Discovering London Street Names

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Discovering London Street Names
Authors and Contributors      By (author) John Wittich
SeriesShire Discovering
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:136
Dimensions(mm): Height 177,Width 113
Category/GenrePlace names and gazetteers
Local history
Travel
ISBN/Barcode 9780747803096
ClassificationsDewey:914.210014
Audience
General
Illustrations 1 col

Publishing Details

Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint Shire Publications
Publication Date 1 January 2003
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Londoners and tourists alike probably wonder about the meaning of such street names as Piccadilly, Pall Mall, Old Bailey, Houndsditch and Crutched Friars. John Wittich explains the origins of these and many other London street names which can reveal unsuspected facts about the history of the area, which occasionally dates back to Saxon times. Apparently straightforward names are not always what they seem: Cannon Street was once Candlewick Street, where the candlemakers dwelt, and Bunhill Row is 'bone hill', where human remains from St Paul's Cathedral were reinterred after its destruction in the Great Fire.

Author Biography

John Wittich has lectured on London and architecture for a number of years. A guide-lecturer of the London Tourist Board, he is a Member of the Institute of Tourist Guiding, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, a Life Member of the Royal Photographic Soicety, a Freeman of the City of London, Liveryman Emeritus of the Worshipful Companyof Woolmen, Past Master of the Worshipful Company of Parish Clerks, and a Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Musicians.