Inscription
Greater London Council
Mary Kingsley, 1862 - 1900, traveller and ethnologist, lived here as a child.
Site: Mary Kingsley (1 memorial)
N6, Southwood Lane, 22
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Mary Kingsley
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Mary Kingsley
Traveller and ethnologist. Born Islington as Mary Henrietta Kingsley. Only af...
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Mary Kingsley
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Greater London Council
Replaced the LCC. The GLC was abolished, some say, because Mrs Thatcher could...
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