Talking about roof names. There were a number of places where the Southern Railway painted the station name on platform awnings to help early aviators find there way around, and check that they were following the right railway line. One such example came up on one of the first Britain from Above pictures to be posted on their website in mid 2012.
http://www.britainfromabove.org.uk/image/epw001418?search=tonbridge&ref=0