Forgive us, we've used this page as somewhere to hold the picture of the memorial in its original 1920 location.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
men of Great Northern Railway who gave their lives in WW1
Commemorated ati
King's Cross war memorial - 1. pre-renovations
There are 937 names, listed alphabetically (with a few out of sequence) in 11...
King's Cross War memorial - 2. temporary
{On the broken piece of stone to the upper right:} King's Cross Station conco...
King's Cross war memorial - 3. post-renovations
{On the left side of the rusty information panel:} The war memorial at King’s...
Other Subjects
Moorgate tube disaster
At Moorgate station a southbound tube train from Drayton Park failed to stop on a terminus platform, ran into the tunnel, through the buffers and smashed into the wall at the end. Because it was b...
2 memorials
Stanley Arthur Heaps
Architect. He designed a number of stations on the London Underground system, including the stations on the Edgware extension of the Northern Line, as well as train depots and bus and trolleybus ga...
5 memorials
The Sailing of the Mayflower
The ship that carried pilgrims from Britain to the New World. There were 102 passengers on board, who were mainly English, but included some Dutch and a Frenchman. It sailed from Plymouth, England....
4 memorials
Clapham Junction rail disaster
At 8.10 a.m. a crowded passenger train from Basingstoke heading for London Waterloo, crashed into another train that had stopped at a signal. A further empty train travelling in the opposite direct...
1 memorial
St Pancras Basin
Formerly known as the Midland Railway Basin (though we could find nothing under thatn name). Opened as a coal wharf. 1958 converted to a pleasure craft area. Now home to the St Pancras Cruising C...
1 memorial
Previously viewed
Byron in Bologna
Via Ugo Bassi
The creators of this plaque have copied the two paragraphs from the original plaque and topped and tailed it with information about the b...
2 subjects commemorated
Tyburn Manor House
W1, Marylebone High Street
The site of Tyburn Manor House, c.1250 - 1791, used by Henry VIII and Elizabeth I as a hunting lodge. Erected by Howard de Walden Estate...
3 subjects commemorated,
1 creator
Harry Cole
SE1, Lant Street, Charles Dickens Primary School
The building has some other, architectural, plaques which read: School Board for London Lant Street School 1877 SLB Lant St. School enlar...
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
John Whitgift
Elizabeth I's last Archbishop of Canterbury. The palace used as a summer retreat by the Archbishops of Canterbury was in Croydon and here in 1596 Whitgift founded an eponymous school. Memorable da...
2 memorials
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
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