IanVisits has reprinted an article from the Illustrated London News about the building of the railway from London Bridge to Charing Cross.
The company was formed by the South Eastern Railway Company with the sole task of building the extension and the terminal at Charing Cross, built on the site of Hungerford Market.
The picture shows the seal of the company.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Charing Cross Railway Company
Ewer Street Burial Ground {On the small information board:} Site of Ewer Str...
SER Blackfriars Station This is the entrance to the former Blackfriars Statio...
As this is a fairly unusual name, we are presuming he's the same person who is one of the experts on the BBC television series 'Antiques Roadshow'. He has also written about railways.
Used to run from the Beech Street / Golden Lane junction, where there was a red cross, due south to St Giles Cripplegate at Fore Street. Londonist have found a map that shows the Barbican overlai...
This highway was constructed in 1835 as an alternative by-pass route to the old road from London to the north, which took the gruelling haul up through the congested streets of Hampstead.
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