Group    From 1965  To 1990

Inner London Education Authority

When LCC was replaced with the GLC the body responsible for education became ILEA. Disliked by Thatcher, ILEA survived a number of attempts to abolish it but succumbed in 1990. Thereafter the local councils took on responsibility for education.

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This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Inner London Education Authority

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County Hall - Education

The home of Inner London's Education Service from 1922, ILEA succeeding the ...

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Royal College of Physicians

Royal College of Physicians

Founded by Thomas Linacre in 1518 with a charter granted by Henry VIII. Their first home was Linacre's own house in Knightrider Street. Their second home, at Amen Corner, Paternoster Row, was des...

Group, Education, Medicine

5 memorials
Holborn Union Workhouse School

Holborn Union Workhouse School

The school was part of a huge workhouse complex which gave basic education to about 400 children. Pupils were provided with uniforms, and had access to playing fields, a swimming pool and workshops...

Building, Education

1 memorial
International Students House

International Students House

ISH began life in 1917 as Student Movement House, a social centre opened at 32 Russell Square in memory of students who died in WW1. 1932 - 46 the warden of Student Movement House was Mary Trevelya...

Group, Community / Clubs, Education

1 memorial
Southwark College

Southwark College

A former further education college, with sites in Waterloo, Bermondsey and Camberwell. It merged with Lewisham College.

Building, Education

1 memorial
John Runtz

John Runtz

Born at 3 William Street, Kingsland Road. He became a Tunbridge Ware manufacturer, then a music teacher. He broadened his interests to the general education of working-class children and became the...

Person, Education, Gardens / Agriculture, Politics & Administration

1 memorial

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Major General, Lord Cheylesmore

Major General, Lord Cheylesmore

Herbert Francis Eaton, 3rd Baron Cheylesmore.  Born London.  Chairman of the London County Council, 1912-13. Soldier in WW1, specialising in court-martials. Died in hospital at Englefield Green, fr...

Person, Armed Forces, Politics & Administration

3 memorials
Donald Pleasence

Donald Pleasence

Actor. Born at 62 Potter Street, Worksop, Nottinghamshire. In an extensive career on stage, television and cinema (he appeared in over 200 films), he specialised in villainous parts such as Blofeld...

Person, Cinema, Theatre, TV & Radio, France

1 memorial
London County Council

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 la...

Group, Politics & Administration

284 memorials
City Pest House

City Pest House

From Islington:The Pest House was built in 1594, in the fields where Bath Street is now situated. It served to isolate those suffering from such incurable or infectious diseases as leprosy and the ...

Building, Medicine

1 memorial