Former public transport company. It eventually amalgamated with the London General Omnibus Company and Vanguard Motorbus Company.
Maps are normally very helpful with buildings like this but this building barely appears: try 1893 map, 1894 map, 1938 map. But a site to the east is clearly marked as "London Road Car Company's Depot" and can be seen, just prior to redevelopment in this August 2012 Google Street View.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
London Road Car Company
72 Farm Lane This building was constructed over market gardens in 1889 as two...
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.
This garage was erected by the Westminster City Council, architect Frank Risdon. In Summer 2009 an application for development was turned down.
It originally catered for the traffic on the newly opened North Circular Road. Destroyed in a WW2 air raid, it was rebuilt in 1949 and through the 50s became a haven for the 'ton-up-boys' and then ...
Alan Stanton, suitably impressed with this important plaque, informs that the North South route is now called Watermead Way. Somewhere there must be a plaque commemorating that name change. Please ...
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