Building    From 1810 

Teddington Locks

Categories: Transport

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.

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Teddington Locks

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Teddington Lock - 1857

This plaque surely can't have been intended to be submerged? Did they accide...

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Teddington Lock - 1858

We found the punctuation on this plaque so peculiar we have transcribed it ex...

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City Road Basin

City Road Basin

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1 memorial
Donald Campbell

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...

Person, Sport / Games, Transport, Australia

1 memorial
Bull and Mouth Inn

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2 memorials
Finchley Toll Gate

Finchley Toll Gate

Our picture is taken from an old map showing London toll gates (black circles), but strangely, nothing appears in Finchley.

Place, Transport

1 memorial

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Limehouse WW1 Cross

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...

War dead | WW1
36 subjects commemorated
St Mary's trompe l'oeil - Hogarth

St Mary's trompe l'oeil - Hogarth

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Hogarth married Jane Thornhill in St Mary's church, Paddington Green, on 23 March 1729.

1 subject commemorated
Mary Anne Clarke

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) ...

3 subjects commemorated, 2 creators
Lord Wolfson bust

Lord Wolfson bust

WC1, Queen Square, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery

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1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
Grosvenor Hotel - head 05

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...