The fore-runner of the London Underground system.
The London Electric Railways Company (1910-33) was a subsidiary of UERL and managed the deep-level companies: the Baker Street and Waterloo Railway, the Charing Cross, Euston and Hampstead Railway and the Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Underground Electric Railways of London
The plaque mentions the Charing Cross, Edgware & Hampstead Railway. We be...
Born Bristol. "The sailors' friend", whose Load Line prevented ships becoming dangerously overloaded. Sand shoes were renamed for him since the lower section is rubber and the upper is canvas: dry...
Came into being as a result of the Thames Conservancy Act,1857. Completed the building of Teddington Lock. Lost some of its responsibilities in 1909 to the Port of London Authority and in 1974 the ...
Civil engineer. Eight years working in Australia. Director of Highways and Transportation at the GLC 1964-67. President of the Institute of Civil Engineers in 1990. Died Devon.
Person, Engineering, Politics & Administration, Transport, Australia
Transport company. It was originally an Anglo-French enterprise, also known as the Compagnie Generale des Omnibus de Londres. It became the largest omnibus operator in London, buying out hundreds o...
Grade II* listed bridge. It crosses the Hertford Union Canal, and was instigated by Sir George Duckett and constructed by Francis Giles.
Randall Thomas Davidson and Edith Tait married in 1878. Davidson resigned as Archbishop of Caterbury on their Golden Wedding anniversary.
Biographer. Date of birth approximate. He married Sir Thomas More’s daughter Margaret in 1521 and wrote More’s biography. He was a member of several parliaments between 1529 and 1558.
Elizabeth Barrett married Robert Browning in the St Marylebone Church facing York Gate in Euston Road, on 12 September 1846. Keen participant in spiritual séances, taking Robert with her, but he wa...
Set up to install a network of water mains that would deliver hydraulic power through the use of water under high pressure, water from the Thames. The network extended from Hyde Park to Docklands ...
There are four surviving original copies of Magna Carta - two in the British Library, one at Lincoln Cathedral and one at Salisbury Cathedral. The British Library is the place to go to learn about...
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