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The North London Railway established a large motive power depot at Bow around 1850, which was demolished in 1882 and incorporated into Bow railway works. Two larger locomotive depots were then built at Devons Road nearby. [3] Devons Road No.1 shed. The No.1 shed was badly damaged by bombing during the Second World War.
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Postcode district(s) Dialling code ... Bromley (also Bromley-by-Bow) Tower Hamlets [35] LONDON: E3: 020
Bromley, commonly known as Bromley-by-Bow, is a district in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets in East London, located on the western banks of the River Lea, in the Lower Lea Valley in East London. It is an inner-city suburb located 4.7 miles (7.5 km) east of Charing Cross .
The BR postcode area, also known as the Bromley postcode area, [2] is a group of eight postcode districts in England, within seven post towns. These cover part of south-eastern Greater London , as well as a small part of north-west Kent .
Devons Road is a Docklands Light Railway (DLR) station located in Bromley-by-Bow. The station takes its name from the B140 Devons Road and is between Langdon Park and Bow Church stations and is in Travelcard Zone 2. It is on the Stratford to Poplar branch of the DLR with services continuing on to Canary Wharf and Lewisham.
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Coventry Cross Estate is a social housing estate in Bromley by Bow area of London. ... [7] Residents celebrated completion of ...
This represented the bow-shaped bridge over the River Lea. The shield on the right was the seal of Bromley St Leonard Vestry, and depicts the saint dressed as a bishop. There remain a number of street signs which have been preserved with the name of the former borough.
"Bow" is an abbreviation of the medieval name Stratford-at-Bow, in which "Bow" refers to the bow-shaped bridge built here in the early 12th century. Bow contains parts of both Victoria Park and the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. Old Ford and Fish Island are localities within Bow, but Bromley-by-Bow immediately to the south is a separate district ...