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. See there for more information about the scheme.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
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
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.
Born Bath, Somerset. Editor and eventually proprietor of the Manchester Guardian. He was a Liberal member of parliament from 1895 to 1905 and embraced the causes of female suffrage and a Jewish nat...
Vice Chairman of the Committee for the 1901 Shoreditch Town Hall Extension.
Builder and local politician. Born Stratford to a father with the same name and his wife Mary. From London Wikia: A member of the Rotherhithe Vestry, at the first election to the London County Coun...
Clerk of Works responsible for the construction of the Northern Outfall Sewer in 1862-3.
Nos. 35-38 Aldersgate Street, built by Inigo Jones. From British History Online: “formerly the London residence of the Tuftons, Earls of Thanet. From them it passed into the family of that clever a...
English teacher, headmistress, women's rights advocate, magistrate, social worker and humanitarian. Born Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire, she graduated with a first in English at Oxford University in 188...
Charity supporting heritage in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames.
This photo comes from Edward deVere as Shakespeare: "King's Place, later re-named Brooke House in Hackney, North London, became Edward De Vere's last home. The building was torn down in the 1950's...
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