GBRf #Class66 66789 'British Rail 1948-1997' hauling 4M24 1550 London Gateway > East Midlands Gateway Terminal towards Upper Holloway #SuffragetteLine

DC Rail #Class60 60028 hauling 6L82 1021 Colnbrook Foster Yeoman > Purfleet Foster Yeoman towards South Tottenham #SuffragetteLine

An black and white photograph of Overground train on an empty Barking Riverside Station platform with the platform, roof canopy and train leading to a vanishing point

A class 710 Overground train that I brought in to Barking Riverside. The changeable weather and empty platform suited the choice of black and white for this phone shot.

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For those who wander around the #Haringey #WalthamForest #Newham part of the #LeaValley this YouTube video gives different views from the railway lines #SuffragetteLine #BarkingGospelOakLine #LeavalleyLine #MildmayLine #NorthLondonLine : www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOk2...

The Suffragette line walking tour - Go Jauntly A walking tour along the Suffragette line. From Barking to Gospel Oak. Meet some female heroes and lovely places and spaces along the way.

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We end as the line reaches Cann Hall Road, Leytonstone. A Waltham Forest heritage plaque at 102 Cann Hall Rd denotes the childhood home of Dawn Butler MP, the first female MP of African-Caribbean origin to serve as a UK government minister 📷 Portrait is.gd/xA7UdR Plaque is.gd/VB1eFU #suffragetteline

To far north, Leytonstone High Rd leads north east to Leytonstone House. Abolitionist Priscilla Johnston (1808-1852) lived here, 1851. She was co-secretary of London Female Anti-Slavery Society 1832 & organiser of national ladies’ anti-slavery petition 1833. 📷 Portrait is.gd/8PcZ65 #suffragetteline

Gainsborough Lodge, Leytonstone was also the birthplace of Muriel Lester (1883-1968). An Alderman in Poplar 1922-25, she was later an eminent international peace campaigner for many years. The Lodge was demolished in mid 1960s. 📷
Gainsborough Lodge 1964 ©VHM. Portrait is.gd/j4uulh #suffragetteline

Some way north of Leytonstone High Rd station is Gainsborough Road, early 1870s home of women's activist Louisa Martindale (1839-1914). Born here was her daughter, surgeon Louisa Martindale (1872-1966), active in suffrage campaigns. 📷 OS map 1875. Portraits is.gd/M3u0rV is.gd/XvtvQi #suffragetteline

North east of line between Leyton Midland Rd & Leytonstone High Rd stations is 58 Wallwood Road, home of suffragette Agnes Whatmough (1885-1972) in 1911. She oversaw publication of the WSPU newspaper in 1913 & was imprisoned at Warwick. Research credit Our Warwickshire is.gd/kNuGDI #suffragetteline

North of Leyton Midland Rd station was Mary Fletcher Memorial Church, until 1968. Born in Leytonstone, Methodist preacher Mary Fletcher (1739-1815) influenced John Wesley to permit women preachers in the Methodist church from 1771. 📷 Portrait ©National Portrait Gallery is.gd/z1TLM6 #suffragetteline

South of Lea Bridge Road to far west of line is Church Rd, site of Leyton House, demolished c1912. Isabella Gilmore née Morris (1842-1923) lived here c1855-60. Ordained a deaconess in 1887, she oversaw the reinstatement of female Anglican deacons. 📷 Portrait is.gd/nGuLaf OS map 1881 #suffragetteline

Far east from railway line is Shernhall Street. Shern Hall was a childhood home of Frances Greville, Countess of Warwick (1861-1938). A campaigning socialist from the 1890s, she set up Studley Agricultural College for Women in 1898. 📷 Shern Hall late 19th cent & portrait 1930, VHM. #suffragetteline

South of Walthamstow Queen's Road station is 42 Edinburgh Rd, home of Eliza Richards (1880-1961) in 1911. Mayor of Walthamstow in 1941, she had helped establish the Walthamstow Labour Party. Eliza was grandmother to Keith Richards - spot the family likeness! 📷 Portrait 1941 ©VHM. #suffragetteline

South west of Walthamstow Queen's Road station is Walthamstow Cemetery, burial place of Lady Catherine McEntee (1880-1962). A local politician, she was Walthamstow's first woman councillor in 1921 & first woman mayor in 1937 & mayor again in 1955. 📷 Portrait 1937 ©VHM. OS map 1939. #suffragetteline

East of Walthamstow Queen's Rd station is Cedars Avenue, where suffragettes marched in 1910. Further east in Orford Rd is the office of Stella Creasy MP. In 2014 she organised Walthamstow's Wonderful Women Walk, inspired by the 1910 march 📷 Portrait is.gd/8vV7y7 Poster is.gd/0d5qhE #suffragetteline

In Walthamstow High Street (then Marsh Street) was the childhood home of Katharine Glasier (1867-1950). A socialist & author, she was a co-founder of the Independent Labour Party in 1893, & editor of 'Labour Leader' from 1916-21. 📷 Marsh Street c1870, VHM. Portrait 1895 is.gd/GWoJC3 #suffragetteline

Another eminent former pupil of Walthamstow School for Girls is Patricia, Baroness Scotland of Asthal KC (b.1955). She was the first female Attorney General in 2007 & the first woman to be appointed Commonwealth Secretary-General, 2015. 📷 School c1960s ©VHM. Portrait is.gd/5AEVjp #suffragetteline

Walthamstow School for Girls is some way east of the line, on Church Hill. Educated here was Dorothy Wedderburn (1925-2012), president of the Fawcett Society 1986-2002. 📷 School c1920s ©VHM. Portrait courtesy Royal Holloway, University of London & ©Paul Brason, artist is.gd/wsDbeX
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Beyond Palmerston Road, to north of line is Gainsford Rd, Walthamstow. Here Joan, Baroness Lestor of Eccles (1927-98) attended William Morris Secondary School. She was MP for Eton & Slough 1966-83 & for Eccles 1987-97. 📷 OS map 1939. Portrait ©National Portrait Gallery is.gd/0JVM6v #suffragetteline

Running east, the line meets Pretoria Avenue, Walthamstow. In the early 1900s Marian Curran (1871-1921) lived at 1 Pretoria Avenue. A committed trade unionist, she was Assistant Secretary to the Women's Trade Union League & founder of the Jarrow branch of the Women's Labour League. #suffragetteline

South of Blackhorse Rd station, 21 Haroldstone Rd was the home of race equality campaigner Jessica Huntley (1927-2013) in 1964. In 1953 she co-founded the Women's Progressive Organisation in Guyana, then British Guiana. Research credit Peter Ashan 📷 Portrait is.gd/wtO4jZ OS map 1964 #suffragetteline

Really interesting read. It’s worth adding that Barking’s Annie Huggett was the suffragette who inspired the new name. We’re running a series of walks from stations along the #Suffragetteline exploring the local areas. Leyton High Road is next up on Saturday. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/walking-to...