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Publications for sale

A wide range of local and family history material may be viewed in our Local History Shop, on the ground floor of the Archives Centre. Items for sale include books, pamphlets, maps, postcards, notelets and greeting cards. You can download an order form here.

Details of how to order are at the bottom of this page.

NEW!

We are delighted to announce the publication of William Blake's Poetical Sketches, published jointly by the City of Westminster Archives Centre and Tate Britain. You can buy it from our Local History Shop, price £9.99 plus £1.90 post and packing.

Westminster History Review 5 - out now only £5.95 plus post and packing

Contents:

Michael H Fisher 'Asians in Westminster during the early nineteenth century'
Guy Mannes Abbott 'Forting: the construction of a shared identity worth fighting for in 17th century London'
Kathy Chater 'Medicine in Soho'
Malcolm Brown 'Henry James and family in and about St John's Wood'
John D Ellis 'A revolutionary activist in his own cause : William Afflick of the 10th Hussars'
Elizabeth Prichard 'Natheniel Phillips : a man of substance'
John Robinson 'Gunpowder Plot : a family perspective'

Selected local interest books

Artizans and Avenues: a history of the Queen's Park Estate by Erica McDonald and David J Smith, 2nd edition.
City of Westminster, 2004
Price £4.99

Blitz over Westminster by Roy Harrison
City of Westminster, 1990
City of Westminster Civil Defence Bomb Incident Photographs 1940-1944
Price £2.50

Covent Garden Past by John Richardson
1995
An illustrated history
Price £14.95
Diary of William Tayler, Footman, 1837 edited by Dorothy Wise
Westminster Archives with the St. Marylebone Society, 1998
Expanded with new illustrations
Price £6.50
Discovering St. Marylebone: four self-guided walks edited by Dr. Mike Wood
St. Marylebone Society, 2001
64 page pocket guide, with illustrations & maps in colour
Price £2.50
[Also available from Marylebone Information Service]
The Forgotten Service by Angela Raby
After the Battle, 1999
A history of London's ambulance service
Price £9.95
The role of the Auxiliary Ambulance Service during the Second World War is, these days, forgotten. This book uses original material to tell the story of Auxiliary Ambulance Station 39, situated in the heart of London.
Glimpses of the Past by Paddington Waterways and Maida Vale Local History Group
Price £14.99
The Growth of St Marylebone and Paddington by Jack Whitehead
3rd ed, 2001
Excellent for teachers
Price £12.95
Guide to Bayswater by James Dowsing
Sunrise Press, 2001
Upstairs and downstairs
Price £2.90
Guide to Pimlico by J. Wittich and James Dowsing
Sunrise Press, 2001
Price £2.95
Little Venice by James Dowsing
Sunrise Press, 2001
Quiet canals and gorgeous villas
Price £3.50
One on Every Corner
Westminster City Archives, 2002
A history of Westminster pubs
Price £10.00
Pimlico: Deep Well of Glee by Adam Stout
Westminster City Archives, 1997
A history of the area, with many illustrations
Price £7.50
Pineapples and Pantomimes: A History of Church Street and Lisson Green by E McDonald and D J Smith
Westminster Libraries, 1992
Price £2.50
Regent's Park by Ann Saunders
Bedford College, London, 2nd ed, 1981
A study of the development of the area from 1086 to the present day
Price £6.95
Regent's Park Villas by Ann Saunders
Bedford College, London, 1981
Price £1.50
Researching London's Houses by Colin Thom
Phillimore, 2005
Price £13.95
St John’s Wood and Maida Vale Past by Richard Tames
1998
An illustrated history
Price £14.95
Soho Past by Richard Tames
1994
An illustrated history
Price £14.95
Sources for Black and Asian History at the City of Westminster Archives Centre by Rory Lalwan
Westminster City Archives, 2005
Price £7.00
The Westminster and Pimlico Book, by Richard Tames
Phillimore, 2005
Price £14.50
Westminster and Pimlico Past by Isobel Watson
1993
An illustrated history
Price £15.95
The Westminster Corridor by David Sullivan
1994
An exploration of the Anglo-Saxon history of Westminster Abbey and its nearby lands
Price £17.00
Westminster History Review
An annual publication devoted to publishing articles on the history of Westminster
Vol 1 (1997), Vol 2 (1998), Vol 3 (1999), Vol 4 (2001)
Price £2.50

Westminster, Marylebone and Paddington in old photographs

Marylebone and Paddington by Richard Bowden
Alan Sutton, 1995
Price £7.99
Marylebone by Brian Girling
Tempus, 2003
Price £12.99
Paddington by Brian Girling
Tempus, 2001
Price £12.99
Westminster by Jill Barber
Alan Sutton, 1998
Price £9.99

Old maps

Reprints of Ordnance Survey maps, published by Alan Godfrey. With a scale of about 15 inches to the mile, you can see virtually every house. Each map has a contemporary photograph on the front cover and includes historical details about the area it covers.
Price: £2.20 each + post and packing:

Charing Cross 1871
Chelsea 1865, 1894, 1913
Euston and Regent's Park 1870, 1894, 1913
Fleet Street and Strand 1874
Holborn, the Strand and the City 1873, 1914
Kensal Green and Queen's Park 1894, 1913
Kensington 1871, 1894, 1914
Notting Hill 1871, 1893, 1914
Paddington 1872, 1914
Piccadilly 1869-1894
Pimlico, Sloane Square and Nine Elms 1869, 1894, 1913
St John's Wood 1868, 1893, 1913
Waterloo and Southwark 1872, 1894 & 1914
West End 1870, 1894, 1914
Westminster and Victoria 1869, 1894, 1916

Old Parish maps from John Strype's 1755 edition of John Stow's 'Survey of London':

St Anne, Soho
Price £2.00
St Clement Danes
Price £2.50
St James, Piccadilly
Price £2.50
St Margaret, Westminster
Price £2.50
St Martin-in-the-Fields
Price £2.50
St Paul, Covent Garden
Price £2.00
Set of all 6 maps
Price £10.00

Indexes on microfiche

Name Index to St. Martin-in-the-Fields Poor Law Settlements. Part 1: 1750-1775
7 microfiches
Published May 2001 by Westminster City Archives
Price £5.00

Examination Books and Index on CD ROM to St Martin-in-the-Fields Poor Law Settlements
17 cd's of facsmile reproduction of the settlements 1708-1795
Price 9.99 each
1 CD of the Index 1750-1775
£4.11

Images

Six Views of Victorian Westminster
Black and white prints of famous sites and buildings including Trafalgar Square and Westminster Abbey
Price: £7.50

Pack of 10 notelets showing colour views of Horse Guards (1834) and Westminster Bridge (1750)
Price: £2.50

We also offer a digital image scanning and printing service.

How to order

You may buy all the items in this list at the City of Westminster Archives Centre. If you would like to order by post, please add the appropriate amount for postage and packing to the price of the publication:

UK £1.95
Europe £3.95
World £5.95

Please make your cheque in Sterling payable to City of Westminster and send your order to: