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Chelsea Bridge

Chelsea Bridge

At the same time that Battersea Park was created the first bridge at its eastern corner was built (shown in the image). This was opened in 1858, as Victoria Bridge, by Queen Victoria on her way to ...

Building, Transport

1 memorial
Chiltern Railways

Chiltern Railways

A train operating company owned by Arriva UK Trains. It operates commuter/regional services from its Central London terminus at London Marylebone along the M40 corridor, as well as long distance se...

Group, Transport

1 memorial
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French motor company founded by André °ä¾±³Ù°ù´Çë²Ô. The company commenced manufacture in Britain at the Slough Trading Estate in 1926 and continued building cars until 1965 when the operation became ded...

Group, Transport, France

1 memorial
City and South London Railway / Northern Line

City and South London Railway / Northern Line

The world's first underground electric railway, the world's first deep tunnel railway, and the first purpose-built railway tunnel under the Thames. This became what we know as the Bank branch of th...

Group, Transport

4 memorials
City Road Basin

City Road Basin

Part of the Regent's Canal. Built in 1820 to allow boats to moor and unload cargo, initially brought long distance but it soon became used primarily to transport local coal and building materials. ...

Place, Commerce, Transport

1 memorial
City Road turnpike

City Road turnpike

From Geograph: This turnpike was merged into the Metropolitan Turnpike Trust by act of parliament and closed by the enactment of the Metropolis Roads Amendment Act 1863 (c.78). From 1 July 1864. S...

Building, Commerce, Transport

1 memorial
Clapham Junction rail disaster

Clapham Junction rail disaster

At 8.10 a.m. a crowded passenger train from Basingstoke heading for London Waterloo, crashed into another train that had stopped at a signal. A further empty train travelling in the opposite direct...

Event, Tragedy, Transport

1 memorial
Clattern Bridge

Clattern Bridge

One of the oldest bridges in England, built around 1175. It crosses the Hogsmill river, which is a tributary of the Thames in Kingston upon Thames.

Building, Transport

1 memorial
Corporal Robert Sidney Cohen

Corporal Robert Sidney Cohen

A member of the congregation at the Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue Holland Park killed serving in WW2. Robert Sidney Cohen was born on 17 May 1915 in Shepherds Bush, London, the eldest child of ...

Person, Armed Forces, Transport, Scotland

War dead, WW2
3 memorials
Concorde

Concorde

Supersonic passenger airliner, jointly developed by the British Aircraft Corporation and the French Sud Aviation company. Concorde entered service on 21 January 1976. Twenty planes were built, and ...

Vehicle, Aviation, Transport, France

1 memorial
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