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.
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Andrew Young
Andrew Behan directed us to Coletti where we discovered that the plaque was "...
Avondale Park
This park was acquired and laid out by the Vestry of Kensington with financia...
Beechwood - William Sebright
Beechwood House This building was built in 1948 by the London County Council ...
Cobden House
Cobden House This block was built in 1958 by the London County Council and wa...
Coram's Fields
These grounds, the site of the Foundling Hospital, established in 1739 by Cap...
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Albert Chevalier
Albert Chevalier, 1861 - 1923, music hall comedian, was born here. London Cou...
Alice Meynell
Alice Meynell, 1847 - 1922, poet and essayist, lived here. London County Council
Andrew Bonar Law
London County Council Andrew Bonar Law, 1858-1923, prime minister lived here.
Andrew Lang
Andrew Lang, 1844 - 1912, man of letters lived here in 1876 - 1912. London Co...
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George Seferis
Greek Ambassador 1957 - 62. Poet and Nobel laureate (literature, 1963). Born Smyrna. Died Athens.
Sir Follett Holt, KBE
Railway engineer, very influential in Argentina where he was Chairman of many railway companies. Excelled at polo as a young man. First Chairman of the Tower Hill Improvement Trust. Our picture co...
May Day demonstration in Hyde Park, 1890
Paste Tense describes why and how the 1st of May became the International Workers' Day, how the first such day, in 1890, was planned in the United Kingdom, and goes on to describe: "The main demons...
Edmund Halsey
Born Hertfordshire, a distant relative of Josiah Child. Joined the Anchor Brewery as a 'broomstick clerk' and rapidly became Child's son-in-law and partner. Ran the brewery 1693-1729. MP for Sou...
Sir Samuel Morton Peto
Born Woking. Started life as an apprentice brick-layer. MP and extremely wealthy construction entrepreneur. Often called Morton Peto. Father of Harold. In 1853 Peto bought the Regent's Park Diora...