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.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Finchley Road
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The North Star
The North Star, 104 Finchley Road. The North Star was built in 1850 as one of...
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John Rennie, the elder
Engineer. Born Scotland. In 1791 he moved to London and set up his own business mainly building canals, bridges, docks and harbours. In London his works included: Albion Mills, Waterloo Bridge, Sou...
6 memorials
Short Brothers
Pioneering aeronautical engineers. Oswald and Eustace formed a partnership in 1897, initially working on balloons. They supplied Charles Rolls, amongst others. In 1908 Horace joined, the company wa...
1 memorial
Major Allan Beckett
Civil engineer. Born Allan Harry Beckett in East Ham. He designed the 'whale' floating roadways which were a crucial part of the Mulberry harbours that were used in the Normandy Landings in June 19...
1 memorial
Major-General William Roy
Military engineer, surveyor, antiquary. Born South Lanarkshire. Founder of the Ordnance Survey. 1749-55, one of a team that produced "The Duke of Cumberland's Map", commissioned by George II as ...
Person, Armed Forces, Engineering, History, Science, Scotland
2 memorials
London steam carriage
Londonist have a piece on this early manifestation of the car and steam locomotive, rolled into one.
1 memorial
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The Island
This 1870 map shows that the land between Stoke Newington Common and Hackney Downs, to the east of where the railway was to be built, was entirely undeveloped and occupied by three large areas, eac...
1 memorial
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