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Plaque

Church Street pavement plaque - 0050 - Romans

Inscription

AD50: The Romans built Watling Street (Edgware Road). Lissen village later grew where an ancient track (Harrow Road) met the Roman road.

has tackled the history of Watling Street.

Site: Nightingale Street Buildings + pavement plaques (12 memorials)

NW8, Salisbury Street, Morris House

The eleven pavement plaques can be seen randomly distributed over this paved area. The Nightingale Street Buildings plaque can just be seen in our photo, on the red brick building, partly obscured by the shop awning.

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This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Church Street pavement plaque - 0050 - Romans

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Roman road

There are 7 "Roman Road"s in the London A-Z, plus various "Roman Way"s, etc. ...

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This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Church Street pavement plaque - 0050 - Romans

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Church Street pavement plaque - 1808 - church

Church Street pavement plaque - 1808 - church

The church is immediately north of the Westway, beside its parish hall.

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Church Street pavement plaque - 1812 - Canal

Church Street pavement plaque - 1812 - Canal

1812: Construction of Regent’s Canal attracted Irish navvies & their fami...

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Church Street pavement plaque - 1831 - theatre

Church Street pavement plaque - 1831 - theatre

1831 – 1962: Charlie Chaplin was one of many famous artists to perform at the...

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Church Street pavement plaque - 1855 - shops

Church Street pavement plaque - 1855 - shops

1855: Richard Jordan opened a pawnbroker’s, which became Jordan’s Department ...

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Church Street pavement plaque - 1863 - underground

Church Street pavement plaque - 1863 - underground

1863: The Metropolitan Line, from Paddington to Faringdon via Marylebone, was...

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Nearby Memorials

Mrs Jordan

Mrs Jordan

SW1, Cadogan Place, 30

The ODNB has her birth year as 1761.

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
Virginia Woolf - Fitzroy Square

Virginia Woolf - Fitzroy Square

W1, Fitzroy Square, 29

Virginia Stephen (Virginia Woolf), 1882 - 1941, novelist and critic, lived here, 1907 - 1911. Greater London Council

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
Lee Rigby - pavement plaque - gone

Lee Rigby - pavement plaque - gone

SE18, Wellington Street

The plaque was laid secretly at night, near to the site of Rigby's murder. Greenwich Council feared that it would attract right wing act...

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
Dame Margot Fonteyn - WC2

Dame Margot Fonteyn - WC2

WC2, Long Acre, 118

Plaque unveiled by Darcey Bussell. 'Prima Ballerina Assoluta' is a title, normally given by the ballet company, that is rarely conferred,...

1 subject commemorated, 2 creators
Alexander Herzen

Alexander Herzen

W2, Orsett Street, 1, Orsett House

When a flat in this house was up for sale in November 2019 Mansion Global's page had the following text: "A London flat where the father ...

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator