Transport company. It was originally an Anglo-French enterprise, also known as the Compagnie Generale des Omnibus de Londres. It became the largest omnibus operator in London, buying out hundreds of independently owned buses. In 1912, it was bought by the Underground Group, which owned most of the London Underground, and eventually became, first, part of the new London Passenger Transport Board, and then Transport for London.
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This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
London General Omnibus Company
72 Farm Lane This building was constructed over market gardens in 1889 as two...
Local History - Hounslow Town Railway Station {Above and below a line drawing...
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London General Omnibus Company
The unveiling image (© TfL from the London Transport Museum collection) is ca...
The photo (© TfL from the London Transport Museum collection) of the plaque i...
"No greater honour..etc." is surely a quotation but we cannot source it.
The fore-runner of the London Underground system. The London Electric Railways Company (1910-33) was a subsidiary of UERL and managed the deep-level companies: the Baker Street and Waterloo Railwa...
Harold John Strangward was born on 30 January 1884 in Marylebone, London, the youngest of the six children of Robert Strangward (1840-1919) and Emily Strangward née Hawkins (1845-1905). His birth w...
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...
Born Bristol. "The sailors' friend", whose Load Line prevented ships becoming dangerously overloaded. Sand shoes were renamed for him since the lower section is rubber and the upper is canvas: dry...
The only surviving tollgate in London. The current charge (2018) is £1.20. This drawing shows the tollgate in possibly the late 18th or early 19th century.
Football club. Founded as Millwall Rovers, the club has retained its name despite having last played in the Millwall area in 1910. From then until 1993 the club played at The Den, (a now-demolished...
Our picture comes from the video of the unveiling of the Gresley statue, on Reeves' website.
THCH is a charitable housing provider managing over 3,000 homes exclusively in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. Established in 2000 as part of a Government programme to transfer housing from lo...
Known as Bill. Donated many of her sister's and father's sculptural works to public institutions. From V&A: while her sister studied sculpture Jessica "was content to assist her father". The a...
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