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The London Encyclopaedia

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The first edition of the encyclopaedia was compiled over a number of years by the antiquarian bookseller
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in 2013, describing how 4,500 entries had to be plotted onto a guide map by hand.
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The encyclopaedia builds on a number of earlier publications, including:
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For the encyclopaedia published in 1829 and 1839, see
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London Encyclopaedia (1829)

London
United Kingdom
Greater London
Ben Weinreb
Christopher Hibbert
Macmillan
app
The Guardian
Survey of London
John Stow
The Survey of London
Charles Robert Ashbee
London County Council
Greater London Council
English Heritage
Peter Cunningham
London Past and Present
Wheatley
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