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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Robert Waithman

Robert Waithman

Born Wrexham. A self-made man, a linen-draper who rose to the highest position in the City. Lord Mayor: 1823 - 4 Sheriff: 1820 - 1 Member of Parliament: 1818 - 20, 1826 - 33 Died at home, 7 Woburn...

Person, Lord Mayor, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Paul Head

Paul Head

Paul Andrew Charles Head. He was the son of Charles R. Head (b.1933) and Mary I. Head née Lamonby (b.1933) and his birth was registered in the Newbury, Berkshire, registration district. In Octobe...

Person, Community / Clubs, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
P. A. Draycott

P. A. Draycott

Patrick Draycott, Master of the Founders Company in 2014.

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
John Kent

John Kent

A Commissioner for the 1892 Westminster Public Library.

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
William Henry Pannell, FCA, FSS

William Henry Pannell, FCA, FSS

Commoner on the Bridge House Estates Committee, 1894.

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial

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Edward the Confessor

Edward the Confessor

King of England. Son of Ethelred the Unready. Born between 1003 and 1005 at Islip, near Oxford. He is regarded as the last king of the house of Wessex. Little is known of his early life, except tha...

Person, Royalty, France

4 memorials
Royal Borough of Kingston Upon Thames

Royal Borough of Kingston Upon Thames

The oldest of the three royal boroughs in England, it was formed in 1965 by the merger of the municipal boroughs of Kingston-upon-Thames (which itself was a Royal Borough), Malden and Coombe and Su...

Group, Politics & Administration

8 memorials
Battle of Culloden

Battle of Culloden

Final confrontation of the 1745 Jacobite Rising and the last battle fought on British soil.  The supporters of Bonnie Prince Charlie fought King George II's forces led by the Duke of Cumberland.  T...

Event, Armed Forces, Scotland

2 memorials
Roman boat

Roman boat

In 1958-60 a Roman boat was discovered in what is now almost five metres under the Guy's Cancer Centre. It is 15 metres long and is believed to have sunk, AD 190 - 225, in what is now known as the ...

Vehicle, Romans

1 memorial
Stratford Co-operative and Industrial Society

Stratford Co-operative and Industrial Society

E3, Bow Road

And they say that no one ever put up a plaque to a committee! Ornamental Passions points out the flowers and the rustic fence.

14 subjects commemorated