The London Encyclopaedia
The London Encyclopaedia, first published in 1983,[1] is a 1100-page historical reference work[2] on the United Kingdom's capital city, London. The encyclopaedia covers the Greater London area.
Development
The first edition of the encyclopaedia was compiled over a number of years by antiquarian bookseller Ben Weinreb[3] and by the historian Christopher Hibbert, and was revised in 1993, 1995, and 2008.[1] It has around 5,000 articles, supported by two indices—one general and one listing people, each of about 10,000 entries—and is published by Macmillan.
In 2012, an app was developed by Heuristic-Media, and released as London—A City Through Time.[1][2] Toby Evetts and Simon Reeves, partners in Heuristic-Media, discussed the development of the app with The Guardian in 2013, describing how 4,500 entries had to be plotted onto a guide map by hand.[3]
Antecedents
The encyclopaedia builds on a number of earlier publications,[4] including:
- Survey of London by John Stow, 1598.
- The Survey of London — a multi-volume publication originated in 1894 by Charles Robert Ashbee, adopted first by the London County Council, then the Greater London Council, and now domiciled with English Heritage.
- Handbook for London by Peter Cunningham, 1849.
- London Past and Present by Wheatley and Peter Cunningham, 1891.
See also
- The Encyclopaedia of Oxford – also edited by Christopher Hibbert
- A London Encyclopaedia – a general encyclopaedia published in London in 1829
References
- ^ a b c Jones, Philip (5 July 2012). "New app 'reinvents' London Encyclopaedia". The Bookseller. London. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
- ^ a b "A unique guidebook: The city beckons - A multimedia compendium of 2,000 years". The Economist. 30 June 2012. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
- ^ a b "How we made the London: A City Through Time app". the Guardian. 13 December 2013. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
- ^ Wilder, Robyn (24 August 2014). "11 Rather Splendid Facts You May Not Have Known About London". BuzzFeed. Retrieved 16 September 2014.