Former public transport company. It eventually amalgamated with the London General Omnibus Company and Vanguard Motorbus Company.
Maps are normally very helpful with buildings like this but this building barely appears: try , , 1. But a site to the east is clearly marked as "London Road Car Company's Depot" and can be seen, just prior to redevelopment in this .
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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London Road Car Company
72 Farm Lane This building was constructed over market gardens in 1889 as two...
A terminus of the London and Greenwich Railway, London's first railway. The original station was badly located and had a very narrow platform. Passengers were supposed to queue on the steps outside...
The first bridge crossing the river here was constructed in wood and opened in November 1729. Badly damaged by a boat in 1870 it was repaired but then completely replaced, with the stone structure ...
The largest of the three ships which sailed in 1606 to found the Jamestown Settlement. Captained by Christopher Newport, she carried 71 colonists including Captain John Smith. There is some thought...
A ship of the King's Fleet in the 16th century, and in her day the largest warship in the world. Contemporary with Mary Rose, Henry Grace à Dieu was even larger, and served as Henry VIII's flagship...
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.
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