{Rectangular plaque:}
Greenwich Station opened 24th December 1838. The eastern terminus of London's first railway.
{Circular plaque, around a drawing of the viaduct and St James's Bermondsey church, above a shield and a banner:}
London and Greenwich Railway, 1838
SE10, Greenwich High Road, Greenwich Railway Station - ticket office
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Greenwich Station
Located on the line between London and Dartford, it was originally part of th...
The first steam railway to have a terminus in London. Originally it ran, larg...
Viscount Cecil of Chelwood, 1864 - 1958, creator of the League of Nations, lived here. Greater London Council
We understand the Public Carriage Office was at this address and it was the back entrance, in Great Scotland Yard, which was used for pol...
'OL' stands for 'Old Lyonian'. 'Stet Fortuna Domus' means ' Let the fortune of the house stand'.
Unveiled by Alan Bennett in 2003. Bennett, an early member of the William Roberts Society, has lived in the area a long time and once a...
Guglielmo Marconi, 1874 - 1937, the pioneer of wireless communication, lived here in 1896 - 1897. London County Council
Indian politician, instrumental in India's independence. Born as Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi at Porbunder in Gujarat. Assassinated in Delhi on the way to prayers. There is another statue of Gandhi i...
Person, Nationalism, Peace, Politics & Administration, Seriously Famous, India
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