Our picture is taken from an old map showing London toll gates (black circles), but strangely, nothing appears in Finchley.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
Our picture is taken from an old map showing London toll gates (black circles), but strangely, nothing appears in Finchley.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Finchley Toll Gate
Near this site was situated a toll gate abolished in 1871. The Finchley Society
The first public street lighting with gas was demonstrated in Pall Mall by Frederick Winsor in 1807. In January he lit the street and in June he put on a special gas-lit exhibition here, celebrati...
John William Banner was born on 11 September 1880 at 49 Tyneside Terrace, Elswick, Newcastle-On-Tyne, Northumberland, the eldest of the four children of Charles Banner (1845-1918) and Margaret Ann ...
The original station was built on the site of Hungerford Market and opened in 1864. Londonist's post about the 1905 roof collapse has some fine photos and drawings. The post-modern office building...
The line was constructed by the Great Eastern Railway with a temporary terminus at Noel Park and Wood Green before being opened to Palace Gates. A connection to Bowes Park on the Hertford Loop Line...