Place From 1840 To 1968

London And Blackwall Railway

Categories: Transport

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Opened as the 'Commercial Railway' it connected Central London with the docks.

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This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
London And Blackwall Railway

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Bow Road Railway Station

Bow Road Railway Station on the London And Blackwall Railway, built in 1869. ...

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Began as a shipbroking company. The inauguration of a liner service to Australia with the packet boat 'Orient' in 1866 saw the company trade as The Orient Line of Packets, regularly shortened to Or...

Group, Transport

1 memorial

Charles Melville Hays

Railway president. Born in Rock Island, Illinois. He started working on the railroads at the age of 17, and progressed through the business, eventually becoming the General Manager of the Grand Tru...

Person, Tragedy, Transport, Canada, USA

1 memorial

Great Eastern Street

Constructed 1872-6 by The Metropolitan Board of Works. Opened in 1876. Improved in 1880-2.

Place, Engineering, Transport

1 memorial

Gresley Society Trust

From the Trust's website: "Our purpose is to study and celebrate the life and works of Sir Nigel Gresley in particular, and the works and achievements of the London & North Eastern Railway in g...

Group, Community / Clubs, Engineering, History, Transport

1 memorial

Bentley Motor Car

Walter Owen Bentley (1888 - 1971), "W. O." to his friends, founded Bentley Motors Limited. The first Bentley was designed in 1919 and built in New Street Mews, the site of the plaques. It took just...

Vehicle, Engineering, Transport

2 memorials

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Charles Morgan

Playwright, novelist and critic. Born Bromley, Kent, son of the engineer Sir Charles Langbridge Morgan. Died at the house with the plaque.

Person, Literature, Theatre

1 memorial

Rev. William Hagger Barlow

Vicar of Islington, active 1894. From The Eagle, 1891 "The Christian of May 2, 1890, gives an excellent portrait and a biographical sketch of the Rev W. H. Barlow, B.D. Vicar of Islington, formerly...

Person, Religion

1 memorial

Charles Christmas Piper

A Commissioner for the 1892 Westminster Public Baths and Wash-houses. 1889 co- churchwarden of St John the Evangelist, Westminster. Charles Christmas Piper was born in New Alresford, Hampshire, t...

Person, Politics & Administration

2 memorials

Lorna Luft

Daughter of Judy Garland by her third husband, Sidney Luft. She has worked in show business and published a memoir.

Person, Cinema, Friend / family, Music / songs

1 memorial

Charles Wright

Honorary Secretary of the St John's Garden Committee, 1882.

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial