Welcome to South Norwood home of inventor, engineer and philanthropist, William Stanley (1829 - 1909).
SE25, Station Road
In our photo the subway plaque can be seen above the entrance to the tunnel. The Stanley sign is above the 'public footpath' sign at the end of the railings. There is an identical subway plaque at the other end of the subway.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
William Stanley - Norwood Junction
Inventor, manufacturer and philanthropist. Born William Ford Robinson Stanley...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
William Stanley - Norwood Junction
Conceived by borough engineer George Carter and constructed by Robert McAlpin...
We were reading this board and deciding it really was not interesting enough to collect, and then we read the last statement. The boards...
We have found another example of carved bricks: Emma Bowden.
We don't normally include graves but since this has been moved it is now effectively a memorial.
We wondered what brought about this gathering of kings (four if you include the host, King Edward III), but could not track down any refe...
This memorial is stencilled onto the pavement at the south east corner of the junction with Upper Thames Street.
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