Hatchards

Hatchards is a bookshop on Piccadilly in London.

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Hatchards was founded in 1797. It has been visited by many distinguished writers over the centuries. It has an upmarket image, but it is now owned by the Waterstone's chain.

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Piccadilly: Piccadilly is a major London street, running from Hyde Park Corner in the west to Piccadilly Circus in the east. The street is part of the A4 road, London's main western artery, and runs alongside a number of famous buildings and sites, including Green Park....

1797: 1797 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar)....

Waterstone's: Waterstone's is a United Kingdom based chain of bookshops. Its first branch opened in 1982. Waterstone's is the largest retail bookseller in the United Kingdom, with sales of ?446.1 million in 2004–05. (Waterstone's competitor W H Smith's retail division is considerably larger, but has a much ...