Plaque

London and Greenwich Railway - Deptford

Inscription

{Circular plaque, around a drawing of the viaduct and St James's Bermondsey church, above a shield and a banner:}
London and Greenwich Railway, 1836

Site: Deptford Railway Station (2 memorials)

SE8, Deptford High Street

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk

This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
London and Greenwich Railway - Deptford

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London and Greenwich Railway

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This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
London and Greenwich Railway - Deptford

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