Author: John Wittich
Publisher: Shire Publications Ltd
Format: Paperback
Pages: 136
Londoners and tourists alike probably wonder about the meaning of such street names as Piccadilly, Pall Mall, Old Bailey, Houndsditch and Crutched Friars. How did they arise, and what do they mean? This book looks at these and over seven hundred and fifty others in London. John Wittich explains the origins of street names which can often reveal unsuspected facts about the history of the area and which occasionally date back to Saxon times.