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Publications for sale
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NEW!
The Folklore of London: Legends, Ceremonies and Celebrations by Antony Clayton.
This splendid new history examines the origins of many London myths, ceremonies and legends right up to the modern day. The author ranges over the mythical beginnings of London, legendary residents and personalities, taverns, tunnels, mummified cats and other mysterious creatures, mistaken beliefs, ancient ceremonies and subterranean spectres.
Price £18.95, plus £1.95 p&p.
NEW!
A new CD-ROM from Westminster City Archives & Manuscripti, with a short history and a select bibliography by Alison Kenney. The disc contains a selection of maps and plans dating from 1708 to 1862 showing the development of the fashionable area of St Marylebone, which contains some of London's finest Georgian town planning. Incorporating advanced timeline technology, the disc overlays maps to show how the grid pattern of the grand 19th century streets and squares north of Oxford Street gives way to spacious mid-19th century villas in the leafy suburbs of St John's Wood via the more densely populated area of small terraces around Marylebone Station and Church Street.
Price £18.00 plus £1.95 p&p
Westminster History Review 5 - out now, only £5.00 plus p&p
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
- 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 £4.00
- Blitz over Westminster by Roy Harrison
City of Westminster, 1990
City of Westminster Civil Defence Bomb Incident Photographs 1940-1944
Price £2.50
- Byways of Westminster by James Dowsing, Sunrise Press.
What the tourist rarely sees
Price £2.50
- Death in London by Robert Bard, Historical Publications, 2007
Places and methods of execution
Price £16.95
- 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]
- Feeding London by Richard Tames
Historical Publications, 2003
A taste of history
Price £16.95
- Glimpses of the Past by Paddington Waterways & Maida Vale Local History Group, 2005
Paddington, Little Venice and Maida Vale over the years
Price £14.99
- Guide to Bayswater by John Wittich & James Dowsing
Sunrise Press, 2001
Upstairs and downstairs. Includes: William Whiteley's Assassin, plus: The Bayswater Birdman
Price £2.90
- Guide to Pimlico by James Dowsing, Sunrise Press, 2001
London's stucco wonderland,
Price £2.95
- The Hidden World of Regent's Park by John Wittich and James Dowsing
Sunrise Press
A guide to the park's treasures
Price £3.50
- Little Venice by James Dowsing
Sunrise Press, 2001
Quiet canals and gorgeous villas
Price £3.50
- The London Cat by James Dowsing
Sunrise Press, 2006
Its lives & times. Includes: Confessions of a Cat-Sitter
Price £3.50
- London's Coffee Houses by Antony Clayton
Historical Publications, 2003
Price £16.95
- The Lost Mansions of Mayfair by Oliver Bradbury
Historical Publications, 2008
Price £24.95
- Marylebone & Tyburn Past by David Brandon and Alan Brook
Historical Publications, 2007
Price £15.95
- One on Every Corner
Westminster City Archives, 2002
A history of Westminster pubs
Price £7.50
- 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 £7.50
- 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
- St Marylebone Workhouse by Alan R Neate. Westminster City Archives and others, 2003.
Reprinted with new illustrations
Price £6.00
- 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 & Pimlico Book by Richard Tames
Phillimore, 2005
Local history soundbites
Price £14.50
- Westminster and Pimlico Past by Isobel Watson
Phillimore, 1993
An illustrated history
Price £15.95
- The Westminster Circle by David Sullivan
Historical Publications, 2006
The people who lived & worked in the early town of Westminster, 1066-1307
Price £25.00
- The Westminster Corridor by David Sullivan
Historical Publications, 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 each
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
- Westminster by Jill Barber
Alan Sutton, 1998
Price £9.99
Old maps
Price: £2.25 each + post and packing:
- Chelsea 1865, 1894, 1913
- Covent Garden & Soho Square 1870
- Euston and Regent's Park 1870, 1894, 1913
- Fitzroy Square 1870
- Fleet Street and Strand 1874
- Holborn, the Strand and the City 1873, 1914
- Kensal Green & Queen's Park 1894, 1913
- Kensal Green & West Kilburn 1865
- Kensington 1871, 1894, 1914
- Langham Place & Fitzrovia 1870
- Notting Hill 1871, 1893, 1914
- Paddington 1872, 1914
- Piccadilly 1869-1894
- Pimlico, Sloane Square & Nine Elms 1869, 1894, 1913
- St John's Wood 1868, 1893, 1913
- St John's Wood & Maida Vale 1937
- St Marylebone 1870
- Waterloo and Southwark 1872, 1894 & 1914
- West End 1870, 1894, 1914
- Westminster and Victoria 1869, 1894, 1916
Old Parish maps by John Strype from John Stow's 'Survey of London', 1755:
- 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
Images
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
UK £1.95
Europe £3.95
World £5.95
Please make your cheque or money order in Sterling payable to City of Westminster and send your order to:
City of Westminster Archives Centre, 10 St Ann's Street, London SW1P 2DE
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