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Westminster Bridge

Categories: Transport

Built 1739–50 by Swiss bridge engineer Charles Labelye. Until this was opened there was no bridge between Putney Bridge (1729) and London Bridge. Replaced with the current bridge opened on 24 May 1862. This was designed by Thomas Page but the Gothic detailing is by Sir Charles Barry.

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Westminster Bridge

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Composed upon Westminster Bridge

W. Somerset Maugham's novel Of Human Bondage (P654-5) contains a lovely descr...

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Sheen milestone

The inscription seems to have been re-carved, incorrectly, at some point, int...

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Central London Railway

Central London Railway

Railway line, known as the 'Twopenny Tube', as all tickets were sold at the price of two pre-decimal pennies. It was taken over by London Underground, becoming the Central line. See Londonist for ...

Place, Transport

1 memorial
Old Ford on River Lee

Old Ford on River Lee

This is, approximately, the area where the Greenway crosses the River Lea, E3.  In Roman times the ford was the most down-stream place where the River Lea could be crossed so it was an important po...

Place, Transport

2 memorials
Grove Road Toll Bar

Grove Road Toll Bar

"In use in the 18th and 19th centuries" so the dates we give are very approximate.

Building, Commerce, Transport

1 memorial
Private Thomas John Casson

Private Thomas John Casson

Thomas John Casson was born circa 1886 in Lambeth, Surrey (now Greater London), the second of the seven children of James Casson (b.circa 1859) and Mary Sophia Casson née Young (circa 1866-1952). H...

Person, Armed Forces, Transport, Belgium, South Africa

War dead, WW1
1 memorial

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Arthur H. Valentine

Arthur H. Valentine

Committee chairman in Bow in 1900. Our colleague Andrew Behan has researched this man: Initially (ha) we thought the middle initial on the plaque read 'R' but since that name lead nowhere Andrew ...

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Inner London Education Authority

Inner London Education Authority

When LCC was replaced with the GLC the body responsible for education became ILEA.  Disliked by Thatcher, ILEA survived a number of attempts to abolish it but succumbed in 1990.  Thereafter the loc...

Group, Education, Politics & Administration

1 memorial