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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Great Central Railway
April 2015: this plaque and coat of arms have been removed. We didn't searc...
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Great Central Railway
Andrew Behan has researched all the names on this plaque and writes that it w...
Great Central Railway Engineers Office Marylebone. In memory of L. Blanden H....
{Beneath the Great Central Railway coat of arms:} Great Central Railway Londo...
Londonist have a piece on this early manifestation of the car and steam locomotive, rolled into one.
Formed to complete the 'inner circle' of the tube in London. This was effectively the southern section: Mansion House to Earl's Court and beyond. The tunnels were formed using the 'cut and cover'...
Elizabethan seafarer. With Peter Hill he co-founded the St Mary Rotherhithe Free School, to educate the sons of local seafarers. In the nearby church of St Mary the Virgin there is a brass plate co...
The first bridge crossing the river here was constructed in wood and opened in November 1729. Badly damaged by a boat in 1870 it was repaired but then completely replaced, with the stone structure ...
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