Group which works for the regeneration of Portland Road and its surrounding area in Norwood, South London. It aims to achieve improvements for the benefit of the community.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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People for Portland Road
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Croydon atmospheric railway
1845 - 1847, one of only four such railways in the world. The London to Croyd...
Ellen Wright
Ellen E (Ciss) Wright of Croydon Harriers became All England 440 yards Champi...
Jolly Sailor Inn
Site of the Jolly Sailor Inn, South Norwood's first public building, 1810. Pe...
Norwood Junction subway - Clifford Road
Conceived by borough engineer George Carter and constructed by Robert McAlpin...
Norwood Junction subway - Station Road
Conceived by borough engineer George Carter and constructed by Robert McAlpin...
Other Subjects
boundary crosses of old Croydon
There were 4 mediaeval manorial boundary crosses in Croydon: Hand Cross, Hern or Hurn Cross, Stay or Stake Cross, and one of unknown name. They marking out one hundred acres of the old town of Croy...
4 memorials
Penge Heritage Trail
A walking tour which includes people and places in the history of Penge. 2022: Most of the web links related to this are inaccessible. There's a Facebook page and this 2017 page.
2 memorials
Richardson Evans
Civil servant, journalist and author. He served in the Indian Civil Service, for North-Western Provinces from 1867 to 1876, after which he worked in London as a journalist. From the 1880s onwards, ...
Person, Community / Clubs, Journalism / Publishing, Belgium, India
1 memorial
Labour Party
Political party founded by Keir Hardie and others.
1 memorial
Leslie Palmer
From Trinidad. Director of the Notting Hill Carnival 1973-1975. He found sponsorship, recruited more steel bands and reggae groups and introduced static sound systems, live music stages and genera...
Person, Community / Clubs, Politics & Administration, Caribbean Islands
1 memorial
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Kingston Spiritualist Church
Our photo of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle officiating at the church's opening comes from a previous incarnation (appropriate expression?) of the Kingston Spiritualist Church website. Now, 2020, there is ...
4 memorials
English Heritage
English Heritage (officially the English Heritage Trust) is a charity that manages over 400 historic monuments, buildings and places. These include prehistoric sites, medieval castles, Roman forts,...
417 memorials
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