From Blow Bladder Street to Quaggy Walk

This book is for anybody interested in the history of London.

The book is a browser’s miscellany of London street names, focusing on names that have interesting or surprising origins, unusual street names, and street names which tell an interesting story.

The book tries to explain why the streets in question acquired their names, and in doing so offers rich insights into the history of London.

Street names often provide the last remaining connection with otherwise forgotten events or people....