Erection date: 1998
City of Westminster
John Peake Knight, 1828 - 86, inventor of the world's first traffic lights which were erected here, 9th Dec. 1868.
J. P. Knight Group Ltd. 1998
SW1, Bridge Street, 12
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Peake Knight, 1st traffic lights
Less than a month after the lights were installed the lamp blew up, seriously...
Inventor of the world's first traffic lights. Engineer and railway manager fr...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Peake Knight, 1st traffic lights
The ancient parish of St Margaret's was divided into St Margaret's and St Joh...
A.J.P. Taylor 1906 - 1990, historian and broadcaster lived here. English Heritage
On our visit the sun was so strong and at such an angle that it rendered the plaque illegible if photographed square on.
These plaques were originally located on the buildings of the Teddington Studios in Broom Road. The studios were closed and demolished in...
Ernest Raymond, novelist, 1888 - 1974, author of more than fifty books included Tell England and We, the Accused, lived at 22 The Pryors,...
This brick pier has a matching pier to the right, bearing an exact duplicate plaque.Â
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