SKDocks gives a brief introduction to the history of the area. A London Inheritance have done their usual thorough job with lots of images.
In the 1976 film To the Devil a Daughter Richard Widmark's character has a flat here so you see inside a converted warehouse. Also, during a chase, Widmark gets to operate the retractable Telford Bridge, which is quite slow-going but he still catches the run-away. This was replaced in 1994 so the one on film is earlier, possibly the original?
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
St Katharine Docks
The Tea Trade at St Katharine Docks This plaque commemorates 335 years of th...
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
St Katharine Docks
This inscription is on a large slate stone positioned in the ground at the en...
The information states that the sculpting was done "on this site", but the Co...
2014: We've corrected the British Engineerium Trust web address on the panel ...
From Regent Antiques: "Described themselves as ‘furnishing ironmongers’ and had large premises on Cheapside in London from 1845 to 1907. They sold a very large range of metalware items for the home...
International banker. In business with George Peabody. Father of J. P. Morgan.
Worked for the Royal Arsenal Co-operative Society. Was on the building committee for the Abbey Wood branch in 1912.
The first record of this bank is in 1771 as Raymond, Williams, Vere, Lowe and Fletcher. Its name changed a number of times due to the comings and goings of partners. It was reconstituted in 1825 wi...
It derives its name from the fact that It was King Charles II’s private road to Kew and wasn’t opened to the general public until 1830. Mary Quant opened her shop ‘Bazaar’ here in 1955. Along with ...
Mathematical physicist and engineer. Born Belfast. His family moved to Glasgow when he was aged 11. Worked in thermodynamics and on the transatlantic cable. 1st Baron Kelvin. Died Largs Ayrshire.
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