Cloth, price 1s. 6d. net; leather, price 2s. net each. THE STRAND DISTRICT. By Sir Walter Besant and G. E. Mitton . WESTMINSTER. HAMPSTEAD AND MARYLEBONE. By G. E. Mitton . Edited by Sir Walter Besant . CHELSEA. KENSINGTON. HOLBORN AND BLOOMSBURY. By Sir Walter Besant and G. E. Mitton . HAMMERSMITH, FULHAM, AND PUTNEY. By G. E. Mitton and J. C. Geikie . MAYFAIR, BELGRAVIA, AND PIMLICO. In the press....

BY G. E. MITTON AND J. C. GEIKIE EDITED BY SIR WALTER BESANT LONDON ADAM & CHARLES BLACK 1903...

A survey of London, a record of the greatest of all cities, that should preserve her history, her historical and literary associations, her mighty buildings, past and present, a book that should comprise all that Londoners love, all that they ought to know of their heritage from the past—this was the work on which Sir Walter Besant was engaged when he died. As he himself said of it: "This work fascinates me more than anything else I've ever done. Nothing at all like it has ever been attempted be

The parish of Hammersmith is mentioned in Doomsday Book under the name of Hermoderwode, and in ancient deeds of the Exchequer as Hermoderworth. It is called Hamersmith in the Court Rolls of the beginning of Henry VII.'s reign. This is evidently more correct than the present spelling of the name, which is undoubtedly derived from Ham , meaning in Saxon a town or dwelling, and Hythe or Hyde , a haven or harbour, "therefore," says Faulkner, "Ham-hythe, a town with a harbour or creek." Hammersmith i

The earliest authority for the derivation of the name of Fulham is Camden, in his "Britannia," who is quoted by all succeeding writers. Norden says: "Fulham, of the Saxons called Fullon-ham, which (as Master Camden taketh it) signifieth Volucrum Domus, the Habitacle of Birds or the Place of Fowls. Fullon and Furglas in the Saxon toong signifieth Fowles, and Ham or Hame as much as Home in our Toong. So that Fullonham or Fuglahame is as much as to say the Home House or Habitacle of Fowle. Ham also

The first mention made of Putney—styled "Putenhie" in the Conqueror's Domesday Book, and "Puttenheth" in all subsequent records—is in connection with the fishery and ferry which existed here at the time of the Conquest. In 1663 the fishery was held for the three best salmon caught in March, April, and May, but this rent was afterwards converted to a money value. At the sale of Sir Theodore Janssen's estates the fishery was let for £6 per annum. The rent was afterwards increased to £8, and a leas