Our picture is taken from an old map showing London toll gates (black circles), but strangely, nothing appears in Finchley.
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:
Finchley Toll Gate
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Finchley Toll Gate
Near this site was situated a toll gate abolished in 1871. The Finchley Society
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5 memorials
Samuel Plimsoll
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...
1 memorial
Robert Seaward
We can't find any confirmation but our guess is that Seaward worked at the tube station and through his efforts some sort of club space was provided for his fellow workers in the building. Can anyo...
1 memorial
North South Route in Haringey
Alan Stanton, suitably impressed with this important plaque, informs that the North South route is now called Watermead Way. Somewhere there must be a plaque commemorating that name change. Please ...
1 memorial
Regent's Canal Company
Created following the passing of the Regent's Canal Bill in July 1812, to cut a new canal from the Grand Junction Canal in Paddington to Limehouse and the Thames. John Nash was a large shareholder;...
1 memorial
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Anna Freud
NW3, Maresfield Gardens, 20
Anna Freud, 1895 - 1982, pioneer of child psychoanalysis, lived here 1938 - 1982.
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
Indian Rebellion / Indian Mutiny
A major, but ultimately unsuccessful, uprising in India against the rule of the British East India Company. Also known as the Sepoy Mutiny.
1 memorial
Sir Emery Walker
W6, Hammersmith Terrace, 7
2017: Spitalfields Life has a terrific post on this house: "Emery Walker’s House in Hammersmith Terrace has survived almost as he left it...
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
Catherine of Aragon
First wife of Henry VIII and married to him for longer (1509 - 1533) than the other five put together. Unlike them she was a powerful royal in her own right. Daughter of Ferdinand and Isabella, bor...
4 memorials
Elizabeth line
W2, Eastbourne Terrace, Paddington station
This must have been one of the Queen's last plaques.
2 subjects commemorated,
1 creator