Built the first intercity line into London (Euston), opened in sections, 1837- 8, engineered by Robert Stephenson. Merged with other railways to form the London and North Western Railway. The image shows the mouth of the newly-built Primrose Hill Tunnel.
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London and Birmingham Railway
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Harrow & Wealdstone Station
Harrow & Wealdstone Station Opened by London and Birmingham Railway, 20.7...
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Palace Gates Line
The line was constructed by the Great Eastern Railway with a temporary terminus at Noel Park and Wood Green before being opened to Palace Gates. A connection to Bowes Park on the Hertford Loop Line...
1 memorial
Gunner Frederick George Gatward
Frederick George Gatward was born on 20 March 1890 in Bromley-by-Bow, London, the eldest of the eight children of George Frederick Gatward (1868-1922) and Sarah Gatward née Impey (1872-1943). His b...
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Marcial Echenique
Professor of Land Use and Transport Studies and Dean of Architecture at Cambridge. Born Chile. Awarded an OBE in 2009.
1 memorial
Blackfriars Bridge
The first bridge on this site (shown in the picture) was designed by Robert Mylne and added a third crossing point to those already provided by London Bridge and Westminster Bridge. The plaque says...
2 memorials
Blackfriars Station
The station was opened by the London, Chatham and Dover Railway company with the name St. Paul's, and renamed in 1937. It underwent a major redevelopment between 2009 and 2012, with the platforms n...
1 memorial
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Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone
Born Princess Alice of Albany at Windsor Castle, daughter of Prince Leopold and Princess Helena. 1904 married Prince Alexander of Teck, which meant she was then Princess Alexander of Teck. Mother o...
4 memorials
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Lisa Pontecorvo plaque
N1, Edward Square
Andrew Motion was commissioned to write a poem for this garden. It is cut (in a very interesting way) into the low concrete wall around ...
1 subject commemorated
St Bartholomew's Hospital - Astley
EC1, Giltspur Street
Oh dear, get the wording wrong on a plaque and people are still sniggering years later. We hope "those who have sought relief from suffer...
3 subjects commemorated,
4 creators
Joseph Fisher
Private Joseph Fisher was born in 1901, the son of Mrs and Mrs Charles Fisher. He married and lived with his wife Mrs G W Fisher in Ilford, Essex. He joined the Royal Army Medical Corps, service nu...
War dead, WW2
1 memorial
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