1812: Construction of Regent’s Canal attracted Irish navvies & their families. 1956 saw the last horse-drawn barge.
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.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Church Street pavement plaque - 1812 - Canal
Created following the passing of the Regent's Canal Bill in July 1812, to cut...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Church Street pavement plaque - 1812 - Canal
The church is immediately north of the Westway, beside its parish hall.
1831 – 1962: Charlie Chaplin was one of many famous artists to perform at the...
1855: Richard Jordan opened a pawnbroker’s, which became Jordan’s Department ...
1863: The Metropolitan Line, from Paddington to Faringdon via Marylebone, was...
The small black plaque above the door shows the Bridge House Estates symbol. A number of other blocks of flats in this area carry similar...
Church designed by Hawksmoor. Their website has lots of interesting stuff but none of the pictures of the stunning tower on this Hawksmoo...
This plaque, spotted by our colleague Alan Patient, was erected in 2012, sometime between our first visit in January and Alan's visit in ...
Having been walked on for many decades the plaque is very worn but with David Hopkins' help we believe we now have it transcribed correct...
A security guard helpfully pulled aside the Keren's Nursery banner so we could photo the plaque on the wall behind.
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