1863: The Metropolitan Line, from Paddington to Faringdon via Marylebone, was the world’s first underground railway.
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 - 1863 - underground
This was the world's first underground passenger railway which opened from Pa...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Church Street pavement plaque - 1863 - underground
The church is immediately north of the Westway, beside its parish hall.
1812: Construction of Regent’s Canal attracted Irish navvies & their fami...
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 ...
This site has evolved over the years from flowers place around the tree to become the shrine that it is today.  The steps were probably i...
The blue plaque is on the site of number 13, now the United Reformed Church Trust’s UK headquarters. The other two plaques are inside, in...
One thinks of people named on plaques as "Chairman" of this, that or the other, as being upstanding citizens. Check our page on Dr Patter...
Lived in Loughton from 1954, and lived here with his family 1967-2004, his death.
Designed by architect T. Phillips Figgis.
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