Plaque

Thomas Carlyle - WC1

Inscription

LCC
Thomas Carlyle, 1795 - 1881, lived here.

Site: Thomas Carlyle - WC1 (1 memorial)

WC1, Ampton Street, 33

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Thomas Carlyle - WC1

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Thomas Carlyle (author)

Historian, essayist and co-founder of the National Portrait Gallery. Born in ...

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Thomas Carlyle - WC1

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London County Council

Prior to the LCC London matters were run by church parishes. The LCC was the ...

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