Also known as the Parnell Road Bridge. Opened in conjunction with the Hertford Union Canal (now part of the Grand Union Canal), which it spans.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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Homerton Footpath Bridge
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Homerton Footpath Bridge
Being a 'scheduled ancient monument' means that it is recognised as a nationa...
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Frederick Handley Page
Aircraft designer and manufacturer. His company manufactured the Halifax bombers used in WW2.
1 memorial
Chelsea Bridge
At the same time that Battersea Park was created the first bridge at its eastern corner was built (shown in the image). This was opened in 1858, as Victoria Bridge, by Queen Victoria on her way to ...
1 memorial
Stratford Depot
A Motive Power Depot (MPD) used for the storage of train engines when not in use.
1 memorial
Spa Road Station
A terminus of the London and Greenwich Railway, London's first railway. The original station was badly located and had a very narrow platform. Passengers were supposed to queue on the steps outside...
2 memorials
Camden Roundhouse
Built to service trains using Euston, London's first railway terminus. It became obsolete by 1855 when locomotives outgrew its turntable. It then became a warehouse for Gilbey's Gin. In the 1960s t...
1 memorial
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Amelia Edwards
Egyptologist, novelist, journalist, traveller. Born Colebrook Row, Islington. First visited Egypt in 1873 and co-founded the Egypt Exploration Fund in 1882. Never married and bequeathed her collect...
1 memorial
Virtues - Delectation
WC2, Trafalgar Square, National Gallery - Staircase Hall - North Vestibule
In a formal garden Margot Fonteyn sits demurely listening to Edward Sackville-West playing a harpsichord. A female statue behind holds a ...
2 subjects commemorated
Henry Lewis Raphael & sons Walter & Herbert
Henry Lewis Raphael had 12 children with his wife Henriette. Walter, the 6th died 12 October 1938 in Bournemouth. Herbert, the 9th, born 23 December 1859, became an MP and died 25 September 1924, F...
2 memorials
W. H. C. Groome
Member of the Ealing District Council in 1899. Bear Alley has a full biography of Groome by Robert J Kirkpatrick, with many illustrations: ""W.H.C. Groome was one of the most prolific children’s b...
1 memorial
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