In 1771 a ferry was replaced with a wooden toll bridge designed (badly, apparently) by Henry Holland - shown in our image. The replacement bridge was begun in 1887 and opened in 1890.
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Battersea Bridge
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Battersea Bridge
Crossing the River by Brian Cookson points out that the 18th of June was a br...
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Samuel Plimsoll
Born Bristol. "The sailors' friend", whose Load Line prevented ships becoming dangerously overloaded. Sand shoes were renamed for him since the lower section is rubber and the upper is canvas: dry...
1 memorial
Lord Nuffield, William Morris
Motor manufacturer and philanthropist. Born Worcester. Began work in a bicycle shop and designed the first Morris car in 1912. Founder of the Morris Motor Company and founder of the Nuffield Fou...
1 memorial
London Road Car Company
Former public transport company. It eventually amalgamated with the London General Omnibus Company and Vanguard Motorbus Company. Maps are normally very helpful with buildings like this but this b...
1 memorial
Shoreham Bridge
Suspension bridge over the River Adur in Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex. Designed by William Tierney Clark with Captain Samuel Brown. It was replaced in 1923.
1 memorial
Croydon Canal
It ran from a junction with the Grand Surrey Canal near New Cross Gate to a basin on a site now occupied by West Croydon station. With 28 locks grouped into two flights, and numerous swing bridges,...
1 memorial
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Spa Road Station
A terminus of the London and Greenwich Railway, London's first railway. The original station was badly located and had a very narrow platform. Passengers were supposed to queue on the steps outside...
2 memorials
Robert Hubert
A watchmaker from Rouen, France, who was executed following his false confession of starting the Great Fire of London. There were many obvious flaws and impossibilities in Hubert's confession. He h...
1 memorial
1 memorial
Job Drain
Soldier. Born Job Henry Charles Drain in Barking, Essex. In WW1 he was a driver in the 37th Battery, Royal Field Artillery. On 26 August 1914 at Le Cateau, France, he and another driver saved two B...
3 memorials
John Alan Watts
John Alan Watts was born 2 April 1927, together with his twin sister Joyce Constance Watts (1927-2022). They were the children of Harry Watts (b.1892) and Edith Watts née Bacon (1895-1944) and thei...
War dead non-military, WW2
1 memorial
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