This toll gate is thought to have stood about where Marble Arch now stands.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Tyburn Turnpike House
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Tyburn Stone
We could not read most of the inscription on the stone but found it at San Fr...
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donkeys of Covent Garden
100,000 costermongers' donkeys worked in and around the market. The picture source says: "In the 1860s there were as many as 2,000 donkey barrows on a Saturday morning in Covent Garden Market."
First pub outside Ireland to have bottled Guinness
The Tipperary pub, Fleet Street, was the first pub outside Ireland to have bottled Guinness and later draft.
Covent Garden Jubilee Market Hall
The original Jubilee Market, to the left of this Jubilee Market Hall, was erected in 1904.
George Hay and Company
Chartered accountants and registered auditors. They are based at the same address as the plaque and presumably contributed to its erection.
South Suburban Gas Company
Founded as the North Surrey Gas Company, it became the Crystal Palace District Gas Company before changing to its final name in 1904. It amalgamated with various other companies and was nationalise...