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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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
Robert Adam, Thomas Hood, John Galsworthy, Sir James Barrie and other eminent...
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.
An architect of Free India's Constitution and crusader for social justice. Born at Mhow in what is now Madhua Pradesh. Was in London studying at Gray's Inn and the LSE, in 1916-7, and 1922. Died...
Henry Watts Wilkinson Goudge was born on 3 June 1852 the fourth of the six children of Alexander Goudge (1818-1879) and Clarinda Goudge née Inman (1822-1893). His birth was registered in the 2nd qu...
St Pancras Rent strike: In 1960 the Tory council of the old borough of St Pancras (now part of Camden) attempted to impose large rent increases. The tenants, the generation who had fought in WW2, ...
Born Camden Place, Southampton Street, Camberwell. Bibliographer and forger. An authority on the lives and works of Shelley and Keats. He also had a lifelong career in the Post Office and was award...
Person, Journalism / Publishing, Literature, Museums / Libraries, Politics & Administration
We found a few things about Holland, even a photo, but we cannot explain the 'ES' which we have not seen before after a 'Town Clerk' on p...
Mural painter active in 1985. Married to Ray and helped complete the Dalston mural after Ray's death.
Laid out on the site of the house and grounds of Caroline Mount, it was opened as a sister site to the already established Abney Park Cemetery in Stoke Newington (see Abney House and Park). Among ...
Founded by Edward VI in the remains of Greyfriars Monastery for the education of poor children. The first pupils arrived in November 1552. In 1682 Sir Robert Clayton erected much of the building, d...
born Frances Ethel Gumm in Minnesota, USA. She came to London in 1951, and in 1957 for a season at the Dominion, and again in 1960. Her last visit was in 1968 to appear at the Talk of the Town (now...
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