The king gave up part of Regent's Park for this public improvement.
The bridge, designed by William Booth Scott, was once considered one of the finest bridges in London. Bomb damage in 1941 caused the loss of some of the cast bronze gas lamp standards and one of the plaques. More recent damage was caused by a road accident and then one of the plaques was stolen. All this has recently (April 2009) been repaired and reinstated.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Gloucester Gate Bridge
The close up photo was taken some months (and some graffiti) after the other ...
Vestry of St Pancras Gloucester Gate Bridge and Approach Road This bridge a...
Constructed by the Underground Electric Railways Company of London, between Baker Street and Lambeth North, (then called Kennington Road). It was later extended to Elephant & Castle, and then t...
The first municipal car park in St Marylebone was unveiled in 1965.
Built 1739–50 by Swiss bridge engineer Charles Labelye. Until this was opened there was no bridge between Putney Bridge (1729) and London Bridge. Replaced with the current bridge opened on 24 May 1...
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