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...
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
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...
Lord Mayor of the City of Westminster. The youngest to be elected, in May 2010. Grandson of Lord Duncan-Sandys and Churchill's great grandson.
Under the feudal system the King owned all land and others could only hold it as the King's tenants. Transfers between tenants were known as 'alienations' and this required a licence from the King....
Poplar councillor imprisoned during the 1921 rates protest. Despite the claim on his Wikipedia page that he was born on 3 April 1887, this was not the case. He was the fifth of the twelve children...
Politician and writer. Born Milston, Wiltshire.
Former chairman of the Chiswick Parochial Charities.
Founded in 1829 by Robert Peel under the Metropolitan Police Act 1829 and on 26 September of that year, over 1,000 men were sworn in in the grounds of the Foundling Hospital. (From Sarah Wise's boo...
1908 Formed as West End Theatre Managers. 1976 By now it is called Society of West End Theatre. 1994 Renamed Society of London Theatre.
Born Ishroulch Shmeilowitz (other spellings are available), to parents residing in Egypt, Smith travelled to Britain as a child stowaway, grew up in Manchester and first volunteered to serve in the...
Built 1796 by property developer James Burton, who probably lived here while developing the surrounding area. The 1834 Davies & Bartlett map (bottom right corner) shows the house surrounded by ...
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