London : In the Footsteps of the Famous

by Nicholas Best

• ISBN13: 9781841620435
• ISBN10: 1841620432
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2002-06-01
• Publisher: Bradt Travel Guides

Summary

Exploring London with one foot in the past, this guide provides suggestions for historic city walks with all the background on characters from the past.

Author Biography

Nicholas Best is a full-time writer and reviewer who has previously worked on the London Stock Exchange and as a financial journalist. He lives in Cambridge.

Table of Contents

Introduction	viii
Westminster and St James' (including the Abbey and Buckingham Palace)	1	(43)
Walk at a glance	1	(3)
St James' Palace	4	(4)
Horse Guards Parade	8	(1)
10 Downing Street	9	(1)
The Old Admiralty Building	10	(1)
Banqueting House	11	(1)
Houses of Parliament	12	(1)
Westminster Hall	13	(2)
Old Palace Yard	15	(2)
The Sanctuary	17	(1)
Jerusalem Chamber	17	(1)
Westminster Abbey	18	(11)
Cabinet War Rooms	29	(1)
St James' Park	29	(2)
Buckingham Palace	31	(2)
White's Club	33	(1)
16 St James' Square	34	(1)
Schomberg House	35	(1)
The Athenaeum Club	36	(1)
Duke of York's steps	37	(1)
Royal Opera Arcade	37	(2)
Haymarket	39	(1)
Trafalgar Square	40	(1)
Charing Cross	41	(2)
What now?	43	(1)
Where to eat	43	(1)
The Tower of London	44	(40)
Walk at a glance	44	(2)
Traitors' Gate	46	(3)
Bloody Tower	49	(3)
Wakefield Tower	52	(1)
White Tower	53	(7)
Martin Tower	60	(2)
Bowyer Tower	62	(1)
Waterloo Block	63	(1)
Tower Green	64	(6)
Devereux Tower	70	(2)
Beauchamp Tower	72	(1)
Bell Tower	72	(1)
Queen's House	73	(3)
Queen's Stair	76	(2)
The Middle Tower	78	(1)
Tower Hill Scaffold	79	(3)
Tower Hill Underground	82	(1)
What now?	82	(1)
Where to eat	83	(1)
St Paul's Cathedral and the Temple	84	(23)
Walk at a glance	84	(1)
St Paul's Cathedral	85	(7)
British Telecom	92	(1)
St Bartholomew-the-Great church	93	(2)
The Charterhouse	95	(1)
St John's Gate	96	(1)
37a Clerkenwell Green	97	(1)
Central Criminal Court	98	(3)
17 Gough Square	101	(1)
Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese	102	(1)
St Dunstan-in-the-West church	103	(1)
Middle Temple Hall	104	(1)
Middle Temple Garden	105	(1)
What now?	106	(1)
Where to eat	106	(1)
Covent Garden and Somerset House	107	(20)
Walk at a glance	107	(1)
Royal Opera House	108	(2)
Theatre Royal	110	(1)
8 Russell Street	111	(1)
Covent Garden Market	112	(1)
St Paul's church, Covent Garden	113	(1)
10 Henrietta Street	114	(1)
35 Maiden Lane	115	(1)
27 Southampton Street	116	(1)
36 Tavistock Street	117	(1)
26 Wellington Street	118	(1)
Somerset House	119	(2)
12 Buckingham Street	121	(1)
43 Villiers Street	122	(1)
Craven Street	123	(2)
What now?	125	(1)
Where to eat	126	(1)
Soho	127	(19)
Walk at a glance	127	(1)
33 Wardour Street	128	(1)
Gerrard Street	129	(3)
84 Charing Cross Road	132	(1)
Old Compton Street	133	(2)
4 Denmark Street	135	(2)
Frith Street	137	(2)
28 Dean Street	139	(1)
15 Poland Street	140	(2)
Carnaby Street	142	(1)
41 Beak Street	142
Cafe Royal	68	(75)
Regent Street	143	(1)
What now?	144	(1)
Where to eat	145	(1)
Mayfair	146	(16)
Walk at a glance	146	(1)
37 Dover Street	147	(1)
50 Albemarle Street	148	(1)
Burlington House	149	(2)
Savile Row	151	(3)
103 and 147 New Bond Street	154	(1)
Brook Street	155	(2)
21 Hanover Square	157	(1)
7 Stratford Place	158	(1)
45 Berkeley Square	159	(1)
3 Bolton Street	160	(1)
What now?	161	(1)
Where to eat	161	(1)
Belgravia	162	(10)
Walk at a glance	162	(1)
Ebury Street	162	(3)
Eaton Square	165	(2)
99 Eaton Place	167	(1)
Cadogan Place	167	(2)
Cadogan Hotel, Sloane Street	169	(1)
What now?	170	(1)
Where to eat	171	(1)
Bloomsbury and the British Museum	172	(14)
Walk at a glance	172	(1)
44 Bedford Square	173	(1)
3 Gower Street	174	(1)
British Museum	175	(3)
24 Russell Square	178	(1)
Gordon Square	179	(3)
5 Woburn Walk	182	(1)
183 North Gower Street	183	(1)
What now?	184	(1)
Where to eat	185	(1)
The City	186	(12)
Walk at a glance	186	(1)
Guildhall	186	(2)
Mansion House	188	(2)
Royal Exchange	190	(1)
32 Cornhill	191	(1)
The George & Vulture, George Yard	192	(1)
Monument	193	(3)
What now?	196	(1)
Where to eat	197	(1)
Jack the Ripper	198	(15)
Walk at a glance	198	(2)
1st murder	200	(1)
2nd murder	201	(1)
3rd murder	202	(1)
4th murder	203	(3)
5th murder	206	(2)
So who was Jack the Ripper?	208	(1)
What now?	209	(1)
Where to eat	209	(4)
Index	213