The first lock was constructed in timber in 1810. This become delapidated and new locks were built by the Corporation of the City of London 1856-8. Footbridges were added in 1889 and the barge lock, was built in 1904–1905.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Teddington Locks
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Teddington Lock - 1857
This plaque surely can't have been intended to be submerged? Did they accide...
Teddington Lock - 1858
We found the punctuation on this plaque so peculiar we have transcribed it ex...
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City Road Basin
Part of the Regent's Canal. Built in 1820 to allow boats to moor and unload cargo, initially brought long distance but it soon became used primarily to transport local coal and building materials. ...
Donald Campbell
Land and water speed record-holder. Born Donald Malcolm Campbell, Canbury, Kingston Hill, Surrey. After the death of his father (Sir Malcolm Campbell), he decided to defend his water title and rega...
Bull and Mouth Inn
A coaching inn. From British History: "Burnt in the {1666 Great} Fire and rebuilt. Rebuilt about 1830-1 as the Queen's Hotel. Demolished 1887. The inn is said to have derived its name from the sign...
Finchley Toll Gate
Our picture is taken from an old map showing London toll gates (black circles), but strangely, nothing appears in Finchley.
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Limehouse WW1 Cross
E1, Butcher Row, St James' Gardens
We photographed this section of the cross to show the very unusual carving. At the base this depicts thorny branches entwined around ste...
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St Mary's trompe l'oeil - Hogarth
W2, St Mary's Square, Blossom Lower School
Hogarth married Jane Thornhill in St Mary's church, Paddington Green, on 23 March 1729.
Mary Anne Clarke
WC1, Tavistock Place, 15-17, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
The Marchmont Association give the address at the time as 31 Tavistock Place. Old maps show a chapel (with various names over the years) ...
Lord Wolfson bust
WC1, Queen Square, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
The Leonard Wolfson Experimental Neurology Centre is located in the hospital behind the bust. Opened 15 November 2013 this was funded by ...
Grosvenor Hotel - head 05
SW1, Buckingham Palace Road, Grosvenor Hotel
This 1860 building, by architect James Knowles Snr, is studded with many portrait busts of which we believe only these 14 are representat...