This highway was constructed in 1835 as an alternative by-pass route to the old road from London to the north, which took the gruelling haul up through the congested streets of Hampstead.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Finchley Road
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The North Star
The North Star, 104 Finchley Road. The North Star was built in 1850 as one of...
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Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Company
Established as the Thames Bank Ironworks by Thomas Joseph Ditchburn and Charles John Mare. Renamed in 1860, it had by 1863 the capacity to build 25,000 tons of warships and 10,000 tons of mail stea...
2 memorials
Francis John Forty OBE
City Engineer (B Sc, MICE, FSA) City of London in 1959 and '63. Andrew Behan has researched this man: Francis John Forty was born on 11 February 1900 in Hull, Yorkshire, the youngest of the four c...
2 memorials
William Froude
Born Dartington, Devon. Engineer. Worked with railways and ships. Died on holiday in Simonstown, South Africa, where he is buried.
1 memorial
British Horological Institute
Founded by a small group of clockmakers, whose aim was to unify the British horological industry and trades in the face of large numbers of imports of clocks and watches from abroad.
1 memorial
American Society of Civil Engineers
Founded to represent members of the civil engineering profession worldwide. Based in Reston, Virginia, it is probably the oldest national engineering society in the United States.
1 memorial