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...
The title of Wikipedia's page "Kingsway tramway subway" has way too many 'way's, but the page is very informative. The tunnel was constructed 1906, enabled by the 'slum clearance' project in the A...
The ever-useful Underground Map gives "Kilburn Bridge once marked the spot where the Edgware Road crossed the River Westbourne. Kilburn Bridge, which was recorded in 1398 and thought to have been b...
The route to Bishopsgate can still be seen clearly on a current map, wending its way fairly directly via roads and footpaths from Mare Street Narroway down to Virginia Road which, prior redevelopme...
Worked for the Great Northern Railway and died in WW1. In 2009 we were contacted by Tina Rickward, telling us she was the grand-niece of the man who appears as 'Benger A. H.' on the King's Cross w...
In 1995 the tower was moved slightly from its original location to accommodate road layout changes. A drawing of 1900 shows it in its ori...
Master mason, for George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham. Other works in London include the statues at the Guildhall of Charles I and Elizabeth I. Stone's name could not be more appropriate - see ...
From the shop's website: "1964 saw a new landmark added to the front of the store - the famous Fortnum's clock, with bells from the same...
Laurence Corner On this site was the famous chic Army Surplus store, which sadly closed in 2007, 54 years after it first opened its doors...
Irish social reformer and suffragist. Writer, social reformer, anti-vivisection activist and leading women's suffrage campaigner. She founded a number of animal advocacy groups, including the Nati...
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