Group    From 1862  To 1923

Great Eastern Railway

Categories: Transport

Formed from an amalgamation of the ECR, EAR, NMR, NR and EUR. Ceased to exist when it become a part of the LNER. Primarily linked London Liverpool Street to Norwich but also served much of East Anglia.

This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Great Eastern Railway

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Loughton Station

Loughton is a London Underground station on the Central line, and is a Grade ...

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Stratford Depot

Other sources give varying opening and closing dates for the depot.

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This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Great Eastern Railway

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WW1 at Liverpool Street Station

An error in one of the names (Cleathers / Cleathero) has been pointed out to ...

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Other Subjects

Aston Martin

Aston Martin

Lionel Martin and Robert Bamford formed the company, initially as Bamford and Martin Ltd.   They used the garage at the site of the plaque as a workshop and here they developed their first model th...

Group, Sport / Games, Transport

1 memorial
Lord Ashfield

Lord Ashfield

Transport organizer and politician. Born Albert Henry Knattriess at New Normanton, Derbyshire. His family moved to the USA in 1880 and changed their surname to Stanley. While working for various tr...

Person, Politics & Administration, Transport, USA

2 memorials
Blackfriars Bridge

Blackfriars Bridge

The first bridge on this site (shown in the picture) was designed by Robert Mylne and added a third crossing point to those already provided by London Bridge and Westminster Bridge. The plaque says...

Building, Transport

2 memorials
City and South London Railway / Northern Line

City and South London Railway / Northern Line

The world's first underground electric railway, the world's first deep tunnel railway, and the first purpose-built railway tunnel under the Thames. This became what we know as the Bank branch of th...

Group, Transport

4 memorials
Vauxhall Motors

Vauxhall Motors

Founded by Scottish marine engineer, Alexander Wilson, 90–92 Wandsworth Road. Originally named Alex Wilson and Company, then Vauxhall Iron Works from 1897, the company built pumps and marine engine...

Group, Industry, Transport

1 memorial