Historic Site
City Road turnpike stood near here, 1766 - 1864.
London Borough of Islington
Site: City Road turnpike (1 memorial)
EC1, City Road
Historic Site
City Road turnpike stood near here, 1766 - 1864.
London Borough of Islington
EC1, City Road
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
City Road turnpike
From Geograph: This turnpike was merged into the Metropolitan Turnpike Trust ...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
City Road turnpike
The Islington Book of Remembrance is an impressive undertaking: the database ...
The Listing says "The original purpose of this lodge is unclear: it is thought to have housed the parish clerk. Listed as a fine example ...
The 3 VC plaques are laid in the ground, in front of the war memorial, to the west. Reading left to right: Johnson, Cather, Fleming-Sande...
John Compton, 1876 - 1957, organ builder, lived here, 1930 - 1957. Ealing Civic Society Ealing Council Hanger Hill (East) R.A.
Mendoza's burial site, "a spot nearby", is the Nuovo Sephardi cemetery in the grounds of Queen Mary College, just behind the building thi...
In 1933 the Duke of Cornwall was Prince Edward, who would later briefly become King Edward VIII.
This organisation has been a bit of a political football, often having its name changed, as follows: 1902 - 1933 Underground Electric Railways Company of London 1933 - 1948 London Passenger Transpo...
Founded in Manchester by Richard Cobden with the objective of having the Corn Laws abolished. This achieved, the League was dissolved. The Corn Laws imposed a high import tax on foreign grain, th...
In Satellite view it looks like there's a giant chess board in the back garden.
The ancient parish of St Margaret's was divided into St Margaret's and St John's in 1727 but it was still run as a single vestry. In 1855 the two parishes were reformed into the Westminster Distric...
Founded in 1856 by Dr. Sherard Freeman Statham (dismissed from University College Hospital for smacking a patient's bottom) at 11 York Road (later York Way), and expanded into numbers 9 and 10. 18...
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