Why Do Shepherds Need a Bush?

by David Hilliam

Book Overview

Who traveling through Totteridge and Whetstone is aware that the station got its name from the medieval soldiers who sharpened their swords at the whetstone before the bloody battle of Barnet? Or that Canary Wharf was built for importing fruit from the Canary Islands? Or that Shepherd's Bush was previously known as Gagglegoose Green? The names of the 300 hundred or so underground stations are part of everyday life for Londoners, but we hardly ever...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0750963034
• ISBN13: 9780750963039
• Release Date: October 2015
• Publisher: History Press
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.0" x 7.7"