Great British Street Names The Weird and Wonderful Stories Behind Our Favourite Streets, from Acacia Avenue to Albert Square


Bestselling author Christopher Winn takes a closer look at our Roads, Avenues, Groves, Gardens, Hills and Lanes.

There are around 800,000 streets in the UK and the name of each one tells a tale. We take them for granted but the choice of name can reveal facts about Britain's history, geography, topography and nature, even its politics and culture.

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ISBN:

9781787137592

Format:

Hardback

Pages:

224

Dimensions:

18cm x 13cm

Weight:

390g

RRP:

£12.99

Category:

Gift & Humour

Publisher:

Quadrille

Published:

09 December 2021

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Christopher Winn

Christopher Winn is a freelance writer and historian, and has been a collector of trivia for over 25 years, during which time he has written and set quiz questions for the Daily Mail,Daily Telegraph, Guardian, Spectator, Daily Express and The Field and has worked on television with Terry Wogan, Jonathan Ross, David Frost  and many others. Winn's first bestselling I Never Knew That series has sold over 1 million copies.