{Circular plaque, around a drawing of the viaduct and St James's Bermondsey church, above a shield and a banner:}
London and Greenwich Railway, 1836
SE8, Deptford High Street
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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London and Greenwich Railway - Deptford
The first steam railway to have a terminus in London. Originally it ran, larg...
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London and Greenwich Railway - Deptford
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