Group    From 1965  To 1986

Greater London Council

Replaced the LCC. The GLC was abolished, some say, because Mrs Thatcher could not abide its left-wing politics, nor its leader, Ken Livingstone. On its 50th anniversary Diamond Geezer posted a good summary of the Metropolitan Boroughs that made up the GLC.

Inherited the blue plaque scheme from the LCC and when abolished passed it on to English Heritage.

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

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County Hall - frieze

The dates add up because the LCC only moved here in 1922.

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County Hall - London government

The County Hall. the home of London government from 1922 to 1986. LCC 1889 -...

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Dome of Discovery

{The plaque is laid flat on the ground.} This commemorative plaque was set i...

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Ernie's Beach

{Next to a photograph of John Hearn} Ernie's Beach This stretch of the river ...

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Gatehouse Square, Southwark

The sculpture is titled "Great Oaks from Little Acorns".  From PMSA:"... hold...

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

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A. A. Milne - SW3

A .A. Milne, 1882 - 1956, author, lived here. Greater London Council

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Admiral Robert Fitzroy - SW7

Greater London Council Admiral Robert Fitzroy, 1805-1865, hydrographer and me...

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A. E. Housman - N6

Housman lived here 1885-1905 when he moved, with his landlady to 1 Yarborough...

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Alfred Lord Milner

Greater London Council Alfred Lord Milner, 1854 - 1925, statesman, lived here.

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Alfred Wallace

Alfred Russel Wallace, 1823 - 1913, naturalist, lived here. Greater London Co...

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J. A. Dunmore

J. A. Dunmore

Chairman of of the Council of the Hornsey Central Hospital in 1924.

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
James Clements

James Clements

JP, elected to Brentford Council in 1895 and was the Chairman of the Council a number of times.

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Rufus Isaacs, 1st Marquess of Reading

Rufus Isaacs, 1st Marquess of Reading

Lawyer and statesman. Born 3 Bury Street, died at home at 32 Curzon Street. 2018: A critical Londonist article gives: "A government enquiry found the politician Rufus Isaacs guilty of 'grave impro...

Person, Law, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Anti-Corn-Law League

Anti-Corn-Law League

Founded in Manchester by Richard Cobden with the objective of having the Corn Laws abolished.  This achieved, the League was dissolved. The Corn Laws imposed a high import tax on foreign grain, th...

Group, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Sir Cowasjee Jehangir Readymoney

Sir Cowasjee Jehangir Readymoney

Companion of the Star of India, a wealthy Parsi gentleman of Bombay. His grandfather and two great-uncles had made their names, literally, in the opium trade with China (facilitated by the British)...

Person, Engineering, Philanthropy, Politics & Administration, India

2 memorials

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Arthur Martin
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Clara Peacock

Clara Peacock

Clara Alice Tower was born on 4 November 1909 in Holloway, a twin daughter of George John Tower (1872-1929) and Louisa Tower née Lilley (1872-1944). She and her twin, Dorothy Olive Tower (1909-1912...

Person

War dead non-military, WW2
1 memorial
W. Hichcock
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Cannon Hall

Cannon Hall

A Queen Anne mansion. The name probably refers to the whole estate at the time, not just the house. About 1730, when the house was used as a court, a lock-up was built into the garden wall. Gerald ...

Building, Law

1 memorial
William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare

Born and died in Stratford-upon-Avon. His birth date is usually given as the 23rd, the same date as his death, but all that is actually known is that he was baptised 3 days later, on the 26th. Even...

Person, Poetry, Seriously Famous, Theatre

46 memorials