The king gave up part of Regent's Park for this public improvement.
The bridge, designed by William Booth Scott, was once considered one of the finest bridges in London. Bomb damage in 1941 caused the loss of some of the cast bronze gas lamp standards and one of the plaques. More recent damage was caused by a road accident and then one of the plaques was stolen. All this has recently (April 2009) been repaired and reinstated.
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Gloucester Gate Bridge
The close up photo was taken some months (and some graffiti) after the other ...
Vestry of St Pancras Gloucester Gate Bridge and Approach Road This bridge a...
Formed through a merger of the Brompton and Piccadilly Circus and the Great Northern and Strand Railways. It is now part of the Piccadilly tube line.
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.
Founded by Henry Ford in Detroit. The company opened in Britain at Dagenham in 1931, but production here has been greatly downsized.
Created in 1751 with responsibility for locks on the river down to Staines. Subsumed into the Thames Conservancy in 1866. Three generations of the Treacher family held senior positions in the Tha...