Initially named London and Southampton Railway it connected all the way to Plymouth into a London terminus at Nine Elms. The line was extended in 1848 to terminate at the new station Waterloo. L&SWR was eventually merged with others to be come the Southern Railway.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
London & South Western Railway
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Fulham Railway Bridge
Fulham Railway Bridge Constructed 1887 to 1889 by London South Western Railwa...
PP - 4X - Pemberton
“Gauging the line” must be a job done on the track itself but we are not sure...
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LEP Transport Ltd
From COSGB: "LEP Transport was a freight company established in 1910 in London. The company name was derived from the initials of the three founding partners; Longstaff, Ehrenberg and Pollack." Mo...
1 memorial
West Brompton Station
A station was first opened here as part of the West London Extension Joint Railway (WLER). In 1869 the Metropolitan District Railway (MDR) opened its own station (pictured, still in use and now Lis...
1 memorial
Barbara Harmer
The first qualified female supersonic pilot and the first to fly Concorde. Born at the house with the plaque, she was raised in Bognor Regis and left school aged 15 to become a hairdresser but the...
1 memorial
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
Lord Ashfield
Transport organizer and politician. Born Albert Henry Knattriess at New Normanton, Derbyshire. His family moved to the USA in 1880 and changed their surname to Stanley. While working for various tr...
2 memorials
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Mary Wollstonecraft
Writer, philosopher and feminist before her time. Born Primrose Street, Spitalfields. Her radical book "Vindication of the Rights of Woman" (1792) in which she described marriage as "legal prostitu...
Person, Education, Gender Issues, Philosophy, Seriously Famous, Denmark, France, Norway, Sweden
10 memorials
Europe's first disc recording studio
WC2, Maiden Lane, Fire and Stone, 31
Queen's drummer Roger Taylor unveiled the plaque.
3 subjects commemorated,
3 creators
Pageants Wharf fire station
In its time, it was one of the busiest fire stations in London. Fires frequently broke out in the nearby wharves, and during the Blitz, the station attended many fires following bomb attacks. It ha...
1 memorial
Cicely Mary Barker
Illustrator. Born at West Croydon. An epilepsy sufferer, she was housebound for most of her youth. In this time she showed a talent for drawing, and the first of her many books 'Flower Fairies of t...
1 memorial
Kevin McCarthy
USA House of Representatives Majority Whip in 2011. Born California.
1 memorial