Stanford's - Long Acre, London, UK
N 51° 30.727 W 000° 07.568
30U E 699411 N 5710692
Stanford's map and book shop stands on the south east side of Long Acre in central London. Sherlock Holmes bought a map from Stanford's in Arthur Conan Doyle's classic - The Hound of the Baskervilles.
Waymark Code: WMHYZT
Location: London, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 08/29/2013
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This extract, from The Hound of the Baskervilles, is taken from the
Google books website:
‘Exactly. My body has remained in this armchair; and
has, I regret to observe, consumed in my absence two large pots of coffee
and an incredible amount of tobacco. After you left I sent down to
Stanford’s for the Ordnance map of this portion of the moor, and my
spirit has hovered over it all day. I flatter myself that I could find my
way about.’
‘A large scale map, I presume?’
‘Very large.’ lie unrolled one section and held it over his knee.
‘Here you have the particular district which concerns us. That is
Baskerville Hall in the middle.’
Stanfords
website tells us about the history of the company that occupies the
building:
During our history we’ve had famous travellers and
explorers visit our shop. Well-known figures such as Dr Livingstone, Amy
Johnson, Cecil Rhodes, Florence Nightingale, Sir Wilfred Thesiger and
Michael Palin have all started their journeys at Stanfords. Even the
fictional character Sherlock Holmes bought a map from Stanfords in Sir
Arthur Conan Doyle's The Hound of the Baskervilles. And we’ve also had
reputed writers and map-makers work for us, including Kenneth Williams, who
trained at Stanfords as a map-draftsman before his acting career took off;
Laura Stone, Jim Manthorpe, Ben Cole and Alex Stewart (guidebook writers),
James Innes Williams (travel writer), Peter Whitfield (map historian), and
cartographers Jacob Genelle (went on to the Istitut Geographique National in
France) and Magdalena Biszczuk (went on to Imray & Laurie).
Short Description: A map and book shop in central London
Book Title: The Hound of the Baskervilles
First Year Published: 1902
Author's Name: Arthur Conan Doyle
Name of Waymarked Item: Stanford's
Location of Item: Long Acre, London
More Information: To purchase a map, probably an OS map, to identify the location of Baskerville Hall.
Admission Price?: 0.00 (listed in local currency)
Link to more information about the book or waymarked item.: [Web Link]
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