Group    From 21/3/1889  To 1965

London County Council

Prior to the LCC London matters were run by church parishes. The LCC was the first directly elected strategic local government body for London. Replaced by the Greater London Council, covering a larger area.

This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
London County Council

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Andrew Young

Andrew Behan directed us to Coletti where we discovered that the plaque was "...

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Avondale Park

This park was acquired and laid out by the Vestry of Kensington with financia...

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Beechwood - William Sebright

Beechwood House This building was built in 1948 by the London County Council ...

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Cobden House

Cobden House This block was built in 1958 by the London County Council and wa...

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Coram's Fields

These grounds, the site of the Foundling Hospital, established in 1739 by Cap...

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This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
London County Council

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Albert Chevalier

Albert Chevalier, 1861 - 1923, music hall comedian, was born here. London Cou...

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Alfred Stevens

Alfred Stevens (1817 - 1875) artist, lived here. LCC

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Alice Meynell

Alice Meynell, 1847 - 1922, poet and essayist, lived here. London County Council

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Andrew Bonar Law

London County Council Andrew Bonar Law, 1858-1923, prime minister lived here.

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Andrew Lang

Andrew Lang, 1844 - 1912, man of letters lived here in 1876 - 1912. London Co...

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Kwame Nkrumah

Kwame Nkrumah

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Person, Politics & Administration, Africa, Ghana

1 memorial
William Morris Hughes

William Morris Hughes

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Person, Politics & Administration, Australia

1 memorial
Michael Oliver

Michael Oliver

Born James Michael Yorrick Oliver. Investment banker and Lord Mayor of London 2001 - 2.

Person, Lord Mayor, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Harry Percy Shepherd

Harry Percy Shepherd

Late Chairman of the Police Committee of the Corporation of London in 1926. Wikipedia lists him as a Sheriff of the City of London in that same year which, together with the "late", rather suggests...

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Putney Debates

Putney Debates

The significance of this event is that it is one of, if not, the first recorded public discussions of democratic principles, worldwide. These debates were held to resolve disputes within the New M...

Event, Politics & Administration

1 memorial