Our picture is taken from an old map showing London toll gates (black circles), but strangely, nothing appears in Finchley.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Finchley Toll Gate
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Finchley Toll Gate
Near this site was situated a toll gate abolished in 1871. The Finchley Society
Other Subjects
1 memorial
Ship Successe
Ship originally built as the Bradford. Referred to 4 times in Pepys' diary. Was in harbour from November 1658 and was paid off at a cost of £3228. Colonel John Birch and Sir Richard Browne were t...
1 memorial
Bank underground station
London Underground station. It has a very complicated layout with many exits/entrances. It is served by the Central, Northern and Waterloo & City lines, as well as the Docklands Light Railway. ...
1 memorial
Surrey Iron Railway Company
The first public railway in England, probably the first in the world. A transport system from London to Portsmouth was needed, either a canal or a tramway. The engineer William Jessop, recommende...
2 memorials
Waterloo Bridge
The first bridge at this site was built by John Rennie and named following British victory at the Battle of Waterloo, 1815. The 1831 demolition of the old medieval London Bridge caused changes in t...
4 memorials
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Richard Cobden
Political economist and Liberal MP. Born near Midhurst, Sussex, into a large and very poor family. One of the Commissioners for the Great Exhibition. Spoke repeatedly to Parliament against war with...
5 memorials
Duncan Sandys
Lord Mayor of the City of Westminster. The youngest to be elected, in May 2010. Grandson of Lord Duncan-Sandys and Churchill's great grandson.
2 memorials
Eagle House - Clapham
Country house built by Benjamin Bond, when Clapham was fashionable for out-of-town residences. After 1889 the estate was sold and the main house and many of the other buildings were pulled down. ...
1 memorial
Percy Wyndham Lewis
W8, Palace Gardens Terrace
Percy Wyndham Lewis, 1882 - 1957, painter and writer, lived here. Greater London Council
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
South Suburban Gas Company war memorial
SE6, Perry Hill, 225, Livesey Memorial Hall
The monument, designed by Sydney March, is grade II Listed. Prior to 2012 Google street view shows the original bronze plaques on this mo...
War dead, War served, Civilian war dead | WW1, WW2
513 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
513 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
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