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.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
London County Council
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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...
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
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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...
Other Subjects
James Richard Stanhope
He served with the Grenadier Guards in the Second Boer War. Entering the House of Lords on the death of his father, he became 13th Earl of Chesterfield and 7th Earl Stanhope.
Person, Armed Forces, Politics & Administration, South Africa
Tim Yau, MBE
President of the 12th Executive Committee of London Chinatown Chinese Association. His name appears twice on the lion monument and it may be Uau or Yau.
Person, Commerce, Politics & Administration, Tourism / Traditions, China/Hong Kong
Long Parliament
Convened by Charles I, this got its strange name because, through an act of Parliament (passed by, erm, itself) it could not be dissolved unless the members agreed and they didn't, not until after ...
Francois Rabelais
Writer and physician. Born France, between 1483 and 1494, but probably November 1494. Became a monk and studied Latin and Greek, then left to study medicine. Died Paris.
Person, Literature, Medicine, Politics & Administration, Religion, France
Gustav Landauer
Anarchist theorist. Born Germany. Also translated William Shakespeare into German. Beaten to death by soldiers while under arrest in Munich. Film director Mike Nichols is his grandson.