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
Councillor G. Croot
Member of the Electric Lighting and Tramways Committee, West Ham, 1905. This Annual Report of the Medical Officer of Health, West Ham, 1909 gives more of his name, referring to 'G. Croot'.
George Bernard Shaw
Born Dublin. Socialist, member of the Fabian Society. Plays include: Saint Joan, Major Barbara and Pygmalion on which My Fair Lady is based. Didn't like his first name, "Don't George me!" so is oft...
Person, Literature, Politics & Administration, Seriously Famous, Theatre, Ireland
Richard Oswald
Merchant, slave trader, and diplomat. Born Scotland. 1746 he moved to London and began his own business initially in tobacco but quickly moved into the slave trade. His London base was at Philpot L...
Thomas Cromwell
Born Putney. Executed on Tower Hill by order of Henry VIII, while Henry married Katherine Howard, wife number 5. Oliver Cromwell is descended from one of Thomas's sisters, whose husband changed hi...
Sir Thomas More
Born Milk Street. In conflict with Henry VIII over religion he was imprisoned in the tower, found guilty of treason and beheaded on Tower Hill. Final words: "The King's good servant, but God's Firs...
Person, Execution, Literature, Politics & Administration, Seriously Famous