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Did you know ...
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Richard Garth
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8 July 2007
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... that Sir Richard Garth was a barrister, MP, Privy Counsellor and Chief Justice of Bengal as well as Lord of the Manor of Morden?
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| 2
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Wimbledon and Sutton Railway
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23 July 2007
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... that the Wimbledon and Sutton Railway was opened in 1930, more than 20 years after the original plans were drawn up?
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| 3
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City and South London Railway
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29 September 2007
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... that the City and South London Railway, opened in 1890, was the world's first major deep tube and electric railway and ran under the Thames from the City of London to Southwark?
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| 4
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Charing Cross, Euston and Hampstead Railway
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3 June 2008
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... that the Charing Cross, Euston and Hampstead Railway, one of London's early underground "tube" railway lines, was built with finance raised by American Charles Yerkes?
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| 5
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Edgar Speyer
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21 September 2008
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... that Sir Edgar Speyer funded the Promenade Concerts from 1902 to 1914, but he was accused of trading with the enemy during the First World War and lost his British citizenship?
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| 6
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Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway
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29 March 2009
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... that London's Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway was built at the start of the 20th century, from parts of three other railways' routes?
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| 7
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Alexander Valentine
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6 August 2009
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... that Alexander Valentine, Chairman of London Transport from 1959 to 1965, published a book Tramping round London?
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| 8
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Baker Street and Waterloo Railway
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13 November 2009
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... that the London Underground's Baker Street and Waterloo Railway was built so Londoners could get to cricket matches?
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| 9
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Central London Railway
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5 April 2010
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... that at 44 tons, the locomotives of the Central London Railway's first underground trains were so heavy that they shook buildings as they passed 60 feet below and were scrapped after three years?
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Samuel Rabin (artist)
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30 September 2010
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... that artist and sculptor Samuel Rabin was also a professional wrestler and opera singer who appeared in The Scarlet Pimpernel and won a bronze medal in wrestling at the 1928 Summer Olympics?
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George Gibb
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11 May 2011
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... that Sir George Gibb, head of the British government's former Road Board, was accused of having delayed the construction of new roads because he had been a railwayman?
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| 12
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Source London
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6 June 2011
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... that Source London, a newly launched network of electric vehicle charging points, is the first to operate city-wide?
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| 13
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Alfred Gerrard
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13 June 2011
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... that sculptor Alfred Gerrard wore the same clothes for decades?
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| 14
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All Saints Church, Maidstone
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30 June 2011
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... that the 14th-century All Saints Church in Maidstone, England, is described as the grandest Perpendicular style church in Kent?
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Chilston Park
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27 July 2011
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... that the English country house of Chilston Park in Kent has been home to five members of Parliament and four members of the House of Lords?
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| 16
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Linton Park
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27 August 2011
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... that Linton Park in Kent, England, has an avenue of Giant Sequoia trees planted in 1864?
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| 17
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St Mary's Church, Lenham
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2 January 2012
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... that St Mary's Church, Lenham has a wall painting of St Michael weighing souls that is dated to about 1350?
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St Martin of Tours Church, Detling
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17 January 2012
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... that a carved wooden lectern in the 900-year-old St Martin of Tours Church, Detling, has been called "the finest medieval fitting in any parish church in the county"?
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List of scheduled monuments in Maidstone
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15 February 2012
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... that the remains of moats, mottes and a moot are among the 27 scheduled monuments in Maidstone, England?
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All Saints Church, Hollingbourne
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22 August 2012
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... that All Saints Church, Hollingbourne, England, contains memorials by John Michael Rysbrack and the Culpeper needlework, a 17th-century embroidered funeral pall?
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All Saints Church, Ulcombe
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5 September 2012
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... that the churchyard of All Saints Church, Ulcombe in England contains a yew tree claimed to be more than 2,000 years old?
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Garrard Tyrwhitt-Drake
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30 June 2014
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... that Sir Garrard Tyrwhitt-Drake, twelve-time mayor of Maidstone, England, kept lions, tigers and elephants on his estate?
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Reginald Uren
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9 November 2014
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... that to further his career, New Zealand architect Reginald Uren worked his passage to England as a greaser on a steamer?
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| 24
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Morden tube station
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28 November 2014
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... that Morden station is at one end of a 27.8-kilometre (17.3 mi) long tunnel, the longest on the London Underground?
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| 25
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Down Street tube station
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27 December 2014
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... that early in World War II, Winston Churchill took refuge in the Barn?
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| 26
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Highgate tube station
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15 October 2015
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... that Highgate tube station had platforms built to accommodate nine-car trains on the Northern line that never used them?
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| 27
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Paddington tube station (Bakerloo, Circle and District lines)
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16 March 2017
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... that London Underground stations Paddington and Paddington are about 400 metres (1,300 ft) apart on foot, but over 20 kilometres (12 mi) apart by train?
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Paddington tube station (Circle and Hammersmith & City lines)
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16 March 2017
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... that London Underground stations Paddington and Paddington are about 400 metres (1,300 ft) apart on foot, but over 20 kilometres (12 mi) apart by train?
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| 29
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Kennington tube station
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23 March 2018
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... that Kennington tube station, opened in 1890, is a listed building and the only one from the world's first underground electric railway to retain its original appearance?
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| 30
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Green Park tube station
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29 September 2018
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... that the Queen and Prince Charles each travelled on London Underground trains from Green Park tube station when they carried out the official openings of the Victoria and Jubilee lines?
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Royal Commission on London Traffic
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18 January 2020
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... that the Royal Commission on London Traffic proposed constructing 9 miles (14 km) of avenues with railways underneath at the cost of £30 million in 1905 (equivalent to £3 billion in 2016)?
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Royal Commission on Metropolitan Railway Termini
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7 July 2021
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... that the Royal Commission on Metropolitan Railway Termini of 1846 was responsible for central London being mostly free of mainline railways and led, indirectly, to the creation of the London Underground?
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