The New River opened 1613 to bring fresh water from Hertfordshire to London.
As far as we know (and we have walked the full length) this is the only such plaque on the New River. Finsbury Park was created in 1869 so it's possible it was erected then, or possibly in 1913, to celebrate the 300th anniversary.
N4, Finsbury Park
Our thanks to Mandy for adding scale to our photo.
V1 Flying Bomb Carrington Road Sunday 6th August 1944. On this spot fell a V1 flying bomb resulting in the loss of 10 lives, 107 injuries...
Henry Nevinson, 1856 - 1941, journalist; C. R. W. Nevinson, 1889 - 1946, artist, lived and worked here. English Heritage
This is an unusual memorial, just one, though we've taken separate photos of its two parts. This parish supplied 4,286 men to the armed ...
Swami Vivekananda, 1863 - 1902, Hindu philosopher lived here in 1896. English Heritage
Greater London Council George Dance the younger, 1741 - 1825, architect lived and died here.
This building, the Royal School of Mines, (1906, Aston Webb). has 34 memorials: a foundation stone, 2 busts and 30 scientists' surnames p...
12 years President of the Royal Geographic Society. Born at Stillingfleet, Yorkshire. Drowned crossing a river in Peru.
This building, the Royal School of Mines, (1906, Aston Webb). has 34 memorials: a foundation stone, 2 busts and 30 scientists' surnames p...
Born Glasgow. Geologist. In 1851 first Chair of Geology at the School of Mines (later Imperial College). Specialised in the geology of Arran and Wales. Died at home in Anglesey. Sir William Rams...
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