Near this site was situated a toll gate abolished in 1871.
The Finchley Society
N3, East End Road, 1
We first photographed this plaque some years ago when the building was The Queen's Head public house.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Finchley Toll Gate
Our picture is taken from an old map showing London toll gates (black circles...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Finchley Toll Gate
Formed to protect, preserve and improve buildings, transport, roads and open ...
This strangely monikered garden was named for Dr William Heath Strange who, in 1882, founded the Hampstead General Hospital that went on ...
Headlam's church, St Matthew's Bethnal Green, is an 8 minute walk away, due west.
Plaque unveiled by Sir Steve Bullock, Mayor of Lewisham.
London County Council Edward Gibbon, 1737 - 1794, historian, lived in a house on this site, 1773 - 1783.
The plaque is actually in Royal Avenue on the side of this building. Note: Unusually traffic travels anti-clockwise around Royal Avenue.
