Eccentric London

by Quinn, Tom

• ISBN13: 9781843308966
• ISBN10: 1843308967
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-08-31
• Publisher: New Holland Pub Ltd

Summary

London may be a truly cosmopolitan city, but much of its charm comes from its true British eccentricity. Over the centuries the capital has produced a fantastic array of weird and wonderful people and places. Some of these have gained their eccentric credentials purely by surviving unchanged for years in a rapidly changing world, such as Lock & Co. Hatters, whereas others have always been the source of bemusement to visitors and locals alike, such as the Duke of York's exceedingly tall memorial.

Table of Contents

Introduction	8	(2)
Soho to Westminster	10	(26)
Jeremy Bentham	12	(1)
Berners Street	13	(1)
Stanley Green	14	(1)
Liberty Hall	14	(2)
Cafe Royal	16	(1)
Burlington Arcade	17	(1)
Ritz Hotel	18	(2)
Fortnum and Mason	20	(1)
Albany	21	(1)
Floris	21	(2)
Eros	23	(1)
Lock & Co. Hatters	24	(1)
Berry Bros & Rudd	24	(1)
79 Pall Mall	24	(2)
Walter Rothschild	26	(1)
Duke of York's Column	27	(1)
Milkmaids in St James's	28	(1)
Craig's Court	28	(1)
Horse Guards	29	(1)
Henry VIII's Wine Cellar	30	(1)
Colonel Wintle	31	(1)
Big Ben	31	(2)
Westminster Hall	33	(1)
The Bucklands	34	(1)
Birdcage Walk	35	(1)
The Blewcoat School	35	(1)
Covent Garden	36	(14)
Seven Dials	38	(2)
G. Smith & Sons	40	(1)
Beefsteak Club	41	(1)
The Pearlies	41	(1)
Trafalgar Square	42	(1)
36 Craven Street	43	(1)
Gordon's Wine Bar	44	(1)
York Watergate	44	(2)
Cleopatra's Needle	46	(1)
The Coal Hole	46	(1)
The Savoy	47	(1)
Rules	48	(1)
Macklin Memorial	48	(2)
Holborn & St Paul's	50	(24)
Sir John Soane's Museum	52	(1)
Prince Albert's Statue	53	(1)
Weeping Monument	53	(1)
Ely Place	54	(1)
The Hand & Shears	55	(1)
John Donne's Monument	56	(1)
Amen Corner	56	(1)
Queen Anne's Statue	57	(1)
College of Arms	58	(1)
Apothecaries Hall	59	(1)
The Black Friar	60	(1)
The Crossing Sweeper	60	(1)
St Bride's Church	61	(1)
Salisbury Square	62	(1)
Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese	63	(1)
Dr Johnson's House	64	(1)
Prince Henry's Room	65	(1)
Ede and Ravenscroft	66	(1)
Law Courts' Clock	66	(1)
Judge James Crespi	67	(1)
Twinings Tea Shop	68	(1)
Queen of Snuff	69	(1)
Coutts Bank	70	(1)
Kingsway Tram Slope	70	(1)
Somerset House	71	(1)
Strand Roman Bath	72	(1)
No. 2 Temple Place	73	(1)
Embankment Lions	73	(1)
West & South-West London	74	(16)
Viscount St Davids	76	(1)
Dog Cemetery	76	(1)
15 South Street	77	(1)
The Eccentric Fisherman	78	(1)
Mayfair Chapel	79	(1)
Wellington Arch	80	(1)
Linley Sambourne House	81	(1)
The Inadvertent Fisherman	82	(1)
Leighton House	82	(2)
Bumper Harris	84	(1)
Carlyle's House	84	(1)
Albert Bridge	85	(1)
Crosby Hall	86	(1)
Japanese Peace Pagoda	86	(1)
Crapper & Co.	86	(1)
Sloane Square Station	87	(1)
Fulham Bottle Kiln	88	(1)
London Wetland Centre	88	(1)
Manton's Guns	88	(2)
South & South-East London	90	(12)
Bedlam in Lambeth	92	(1)
Saatchi Gallery	93	(1)
Oxo Tower	94	(1)
Cardinal's Wharf	95	(1)
Anchor Inn	95	(1)
John Elwes	95	(1)
Doggett's Coat & Badge Race	96	(1)
The George Inn	97	(1)
Rotherhithe	98	(2)
Brixton Windmill	100	(1)
Crystal Palace Dinosaurs	100	(2)
East London	102	(12)
Bunhill Fields	104	(1)
Dirty Dicks	105	(1)
Artillery Lane	105	(1)
Aldgate Pump	106	(1)
Hoop & Grapes	107	(1)
London and Greenwich Railway	107	(1)
London and Blackwall Railway	108	(1)
The Geffrye Museum	109	(1)
Museum of Childhood	110	(1)
Sutton House	111	(1)
Abbey Mills Pumping Station	112	(1)
River Lea	112	(2)
North London	114	(10)
The Flask	116	(1)
Highgate Cemetery	117	(1)
The Assembly House	118	(1)
Lady Lewson	119	(1)
Old Queen's Head	119	(1)
New River	120	(1)
Canonbury Tower	121	(1)
Kensal Green Cemetery	122	(2)
Contact Details	124	(2)
Index	126	(2)
Acknowledgements	128