Deptford Station, opened 8th February 1836, London's oldest working railway station.
August 2019: We were informed by Ste Ríkharðsson via Facebook that the plaque went missing following the renovation of the station in 2012. We are lucky we'd captured it just the year before.
SE8, Deptford High Street
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Deptford Station
The oldest working railway station in London. It is on the North Kent line an...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Deptford Station
{Circular plaque, around a drawing of the viaduct and St James's Bermondsey c...
The plaque was unveiled by the writer and former MP Gyles Brandreth.
Charles Walter Stansby Williams, 1886 - 1945, writer, was born here.
The Latin quote is from the Roman poet Horace's Odes and translates roughly as "It is sweet and right to die for your country."
This must be the most surreal street in London. It has pavements and kerbs, and a cobbled road-way. So far, so good, but the pavement is ...
French noblewoman who married King Henry III and became consort queen, 1236 until his death in 1272. Eleanor was the "my fair lady" in "London Bridge is falling down", since she was apparently re...
This plaque photograph is borrowed from BluePlaques.net.
This plaque replaced the one for Eric Morecambe on his own.
This is a bit of a puzzle. We've found several websites with the name, either a healthcare programme or a 'living will' for people with terminal illnesses. There must have been some other group res...
There is meant to be another identical plaque further north in Brick Lane but we cannot find it. This cast-iron roundel, showing buttons ...
