Newby's ice store stood on the north bank of the canal in the 1860s. Ice was used to keep food fresh for transport, and in shops. Imported mainly from Norway, it was delivered along the canal by horse-drawn barges to Newby's, where it was stored in deep ice wells.
Bridge to Nowhere - Burgess Park Heritage Trail
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This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Newby's ice store
Newby's ice store stood on the north bank of the canal in the 1860s. Ice was ...
Ice was cut in Norway, transported by ship to London, stored and then distrib...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Newby's ice store
The Friends of Burgess Park are an association of people and other interested...
This plaque was originally erected in 1902 at 3G but Watts incorrectly gave the date of the tragedy as 1885 instead of 1895, so when the ...
March 2016: Google Street View has this whole house fogged out. Someone ever so important must live there.
Nelly Power (1854 - 1887) actress & singer, lived here. The Music Hall Guild of Great Britain and America.
2024: IanVisits reported that "An exhibition about George Seferis has opened inside the Greek Ambassador’s home".
In 1793 the author of Memoires D'Outre-Tombe, Chateaubriand, 1768 - 1848, lived as an émigré in a garret close to this site and began h...
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