Used to run from the Beech Street / Golden Lane junction, where there was a red cross, due south to St Giles Cripplegate at Fore Street. have found a map that shows the Barbican overlaid on top of the old street map of the area.
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Red Cross Street
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Fan makers
The Fan Makers' Company met in their Common Hall in Red Cross Street to adopt...
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Post Office Railway
The Post Office Railway carried post from Paddington Head Sorting office to Eastern Head Sorting Office in Whitechapel, a distance of 6½ miles (10.5km), with eight stations. Closed because it had b...
1 memorial
Captain James Wilson
Sea captain and trader. Then he served the London Missionary Society, 1796–98, as Honorary Commander of the ‘Duff’, the first British Missionary Ship of modern times. Born at Newcastle-on-Tyne. Wa...
1 memorial
Hansom cab
Invented and patented by Joseph Hansom. This horse-drawn carriage, or cabriolet, had larger wheels and a lower cab,with the driver sitting behind, giving it greater stability and increased speed, w...
1 memorial
London and Birmingham Railway
Built the first intercity line into London (Euston), opened in sections, 1837- 8, engineered by Robert Stephenson. Merged with other railways to form the London and North Western Railway. The image...
1 memorial
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