Built 1739–50 by Swiss bridge engineer Charles Labelye. Until this was opened there was no bridge between Putney Bridge (1729) and London Bridge. Replaced with the current bridge opened on 24 May 1862. This was designed by Thomas Page but the Gothic detailing is by Sir Charles Barry.
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Westminster Bridge
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Composed upon Westminster Bridge
W. Somerset Maugham's novel Of Human Bondage (P654-5) contains a lovely descr...
Sheen milestone
The inscription seems to have been re-carved, incorrectly, at some point, int...
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Victoria Coach Station
Art Deco style purpose-built coach station, the largest in Britain. Opened by London Coastal Coaches, an association of coach operators. Architects were Wallis, Gilbert and Partners. Ian Visits g...
1 memorial
Viscount Wakefield of Hythe, Charles Cheers
Businessman. Born Liverpool. His brand name being Castrol he was very successful and set up in the City of London. Lord Mayor in 1915-16. Promoted and funded pioneering aviation and motor sports. 1...
2 memorials
Red Cross Street
Used to run from the Beech Street / Golden Lane junction, where there was a red cross, due south to St Giles Cripplegate at Fore Street. Londonist have found a map that shows the Barbican overlai...
1 memorial
Ladbroke Grove rail disaster / Paddington rail crash
Also referred to as the Paddington rail crash. At 8.06am, a Thames train bound for Bedwyn in Wiltshire left Paddington station. Two minutes later, as it sped along at 41mph, it went through a signa...
2 memorials
Chris Moyes
Born Shropshire. As a student worked as a bus conductor then joined a bus company and worked his way up until he was Chief Executive of the Go Ahead bus company. Appointed OBE for services to tran...
1 memorial
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Eadweard Muybridge
Photographer and motion picture pioneer. Born Edward James Muggeridge in Kingston upon Thames. He changed his name, probably inspired by the recent discovery in Kingston of a Saxon coronation stone...
3 memorials
Ford Motor Company
Founded by Henry Ford in Detroit. The company opened in Britain at Dagenham in 1931, but production here has been greatly downsized.
1 memorial
1 memorial
Grigory B. Karasin
Grigory Borisovich Karasin was born on 23 August 1949 in Moscow, Russia and was his country's ambassador to the United Kingdom from March 2000 to June 2005. His Wikipedia page gives details of his ...
2 memorials
John Bacon the Younger
Son of John Bacon the elder. He trained as a sculptor and carried on his father's business.
1 memorial
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