Group    From 1897  To 1923

Great Central Railway

Categories: Transport

A railway company which came into being when the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway changed its name in anticipation of the opening of its London extension. It was eventually grouped into the London and North Eastern Railway.

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk

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This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Great Central Railway

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Marylebone Station Centenary

April 2015: this plaque and coat of arms have been removed. We didn't searc...

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This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Great Central Railway

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Great Central Railway Chief Goods Manager's Office Employees

Andrew Behan has researched all the names on this plaque and writes that it w...

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Great Central Railway Engineers Office Staff

Great Central Railway Engineers Office Marylebone. In memory of L. Blanden H....

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Great Central Railway London and District Goods Department Staff

{Beneath the Great Central Railway coat of arms:} Great Central Railway Londo...

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Sir Sam Fay

Sir Sam Fay

Railway administrator. Born in Hamble-le-Rice, Hampshire, In 1872 he joined the London and South Western Railway as a clerk, and rose to become the last General Manager of the Great Central Railway...

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1 memorial
Temple Mills

Temple Mills

A district on the boundaries of Newham and Waltham Forest. The name derives from the water mills which straddled the River Lea. Medieval Hackney was largely rural and crops were grown that needed ...

Place, Commerce, Transport

1 memorial
Frank Kreppel

Frank Kreppel

Worked at Willesden Garage and killed in a WW1 air raid. The war memorial outside Willesden Bus Garage shows his name as F. Kreppell. However, most records show his surname spelt as Kreppel, includ...

Person, Tragedy, Transport

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Air Mechanic 2nd Class Alfred Harvey Benger

Air Mechanic 2nd Class Alfred Harvey Benger

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...

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War dead, WW1
1 memorial
first gas-lit street in the world

first gas-lit street in the world

The first public street lighting with gas was demonstrated in Pall Mall by Frederick Winsor in 1807.  In January he lit the street and in June he put on a special gas-lit exhibition here, celebrati...

Event, Engineering, Transport

2 memorials