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 larger area.
In 1901 took over the blue plaque scheme from the Royal Society of Arts. Now run by English Heritage.
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London County Council
Andrew Behan directed us to Coletti where we discovered that the plaque was "...
This park was acquired and laid out by the Vestry of Kensington with financia...
Beechwood House This building was built in 1948 by the London County Council ...
Cobden House This block was built in 1958 by the London County Council and wa...
These grounds, the site of the Foundling Hospital, established in 1739 by Cap...
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London County Council
Albert Chevalier, 1861 - 1923, music hall comedian, was born here. London Cou...
Alice Meynell, 1847 - 1922, poet and essayist, lived here. London County Council
London County Council Andrew Bonar Law, 1858-1923, prime minister lived here.
Andrew Lang, 1844 - 1912, man of letters lived here in 1876 - 1912. London Co...
Chairman of the Royal Arsenal Co-operative Society in 1900.
Member of the Joint Co-ordinating Committee in 1982 for opening Tower Bridge to the public.
Both sea-faring, Protestant nations, relations have been pretty good since William of Orange was invited to take the British throne in 1688.
Event, Community / Clubs, Politics & Administration, Netherlands
Commoner on the City Lands & Bridge House Estates Committee, 1994.
As Lord Mayor of London 1665-6 he was sorely tested and found wanting. As the fire advanced he alone had the authority to create fire-breaks by demolishing buildings but he refused to make such an...
Widow of Peter. We think she was born Dolores Douglas and, with Peter, had children Francesca and Maximilian.
Accountant. Born Liverpool to wealthy Quaker parents, brother to Alfred Waterhouse. With Samuel Lowell Price and William Hopkins Holyland he founded the accountancy firm, Price Waterhouse. Preside...
C.of E. clergyman and founder of Toc H. Born Australia, but his family returned to England the next year so he was brought up here. While serving as an army chaplain in WW1 he created a soldiers cl...
The plaque is not on Belair House itself which is set a long way back, but on the gatehouse which is on the road.
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