London Street Names (Discovering S.
John Wittich
Barcode 9780747803096
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Release Date: 01/01/2003
Edition: 3rd Revised edition
Genre: Science Nature & Math
Sub-Genre: Earth Sciences
Label: Shire Publications
Series: Shire Discovering
Language: English
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Piccadilly, Pall Mall, Old Bailey, Houndsditch and Crutched Friars are some of the unusual London street names that must puzzle those who use them daily as much as they puzzle the tourist. How did they arise, and what do they mean? This book explains these and over seven hundred and fifty other sin London. The origin of a stret name often reveals unsuspected facts about the history of the area. Many names date back to Saxon times. Sraightforward-looking names are not always what they seem.