Over 1,350 entries (from Westminster to Woodridings – even the locals haven't heard of it) cover the breadth of this multifaceted capital city. Packed with historical detail, quirky facts and anecdotes, it gives a fascinating panorama of London. Ideal for browsing, its portable format also makes it the perfect travelling companion.
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I resolve to never again go about town without a copy of Mr Willey’s Gazetteer in my trouser pocket, even if it makes an unsightly bulge.
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Russ Willey is a 50-year-old Londoner, whose family's London roots date back over 200 years. Following a BA in Social Sciences from York University, he pursued a career in marketing, including much copywriting and some broadcasting. A London resident for the last twenty years, the author has been compiling the London Gazetteer intermittently for the last ten of these.
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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful
By Fabian
Format:Hardcover
Russ Willey's London Gazetteer is a masterpiece of detail and extraordinary research. He has obviously spent a great deal of time studying the history of every conceivable corner of one of the world's most exciting and interesting cities and it is the work of an author who writes beatifully and clearly loves his subject. Any reader with an interest in London must buy this brilliant work.
17 of 17 people found the following review helpful
By Dilberto
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
A brilliant piece of work. Wide-ranging, witty and endlessly fascinating, Mr Willey's book is a tremendous achievement and a great read. Minutely researched, hugely wide ranging, entertainingly written and bang up to date, it's clearly the work of someone who knows London very well, loves it to pieces, and has spent time poring over the A-to-Z looking for those lost areas of London which are buried in the binding or hidden away in the top lefthand corner of the page. Quite simply - and I know it's a cliché but this time it's completely true - this book reaches the parts other London writers simply don't.
13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
By Looloo
Format:Hardcover
Entertaining and quirky but also excellently researched, you'll discover the London that exists outside the tourist traps. Facts are not limited to the historic nor modern - you'll get a balanced picture of an area, how it grew up, what it's like now, who its famous residents were/are. The Gazetteer reveals fascinating facts about places I thought were grey and boring. WARNING: May turn you into a London-trivia fiend!
Most Recent Customer Reviews
3.0 out of 5 stars
London Gazetteer - by a Londoner
Plenty of information, but seems patchy in parts of its geographical cover. Interesting nevertheless, and I particularly appreciate the references for many areas.
Published on 27 Sep 2010 by JL
4.0 out of 5 stars
Good - but not that good on close inspection
This tome is indeed magnificent in its range of places in London covered, many of which I have never heard of - and that will be surely true for many a reader, whether Londoner or... Read more
Published on 28 April 2010 by L. E. May
5.0 out of 5 stars
the london gazetteer
excellent book once you start reading you can not put it down. full of fascinating facts.ideal if you go to london a lot. i had to get two more copies for friends.
Published on 5 Jan 2010 by Mr. R. Farrow
5.0 out of 5 stars
Hugely well researched, thrilling to read
This book reads like a lifetime's work - the detail is astounding, visiting parts of London most of us have never heard of - and with its wealth of anecdote, ancient and modern,... Read more
Published on 24 Mar 2008 by West London Gal
5.0 out of 5 stars
impressive range
First, perhaps, I should mention that the author was at school with me, but I don't think this really affects my opinion that much. Read more
Published on 3 Mar 2007 by Barnard E. Turner
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