Group    From 21/3/1889  To 1965

London County Council

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.

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London County Council

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Andrew Young

Andrew Behan directed us to Coletti where we discovered that the plaque was "...

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Avondale Park

This park was acquired and laid out by the Vestry of Kensington with financia...

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Cobden House

Cobden House This block was built in 1958 by the London County Council and wa...

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Coram's Fields

These grounds, the site of the Foundling Hospital, established in 1739 by Cap...

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County Hall - Education

The home of Inner London's Education Service from 1922, ILEA succeeding the ...

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This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
London County Council

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Albert Chevalier

Albert Chevalier, 1861 - 1923, music hall comedian, was born here. London Cou...

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Alfred Stevens

Alfred Stevens (1817 - 1875) artist, lived here. LCC

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Alice Meynell

Alice Meynell, 1847 - 1922, poet and essayist, lived here. London County Council

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Andrew Bonar Law

London County Council Andrew Bonar Law, 1858-1923, prime minister lived here.

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Andrew Lang

Andrew Lang, 1844 - 1912, man of letters lived here in 1876 - 1912. London Co...

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Benjamin Brookman

Benjamin Brookman

Church warden of Christ Church Spitalfields in 1867.  There was a butcher with this name in Pearl Street in the Christ Church parish in 1844, who may be our man.

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Fountain Tavern

Fountain Tavern

Here the political opponents of Sir Robert Walpole met, using the title of the Fountain Club. Since the Kit-Cat Club, Walpole's supporters, also met here, we have to trust that the landlord arrange...

Building, Commerce, Community / Clubs, Food & Drink, Politics & Administration

2 memorials
Josiah Russel

Josiah Russel

Poplar councillor imprisoned during the 1921 rates protest.

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
India House

India House

An informal Indian nationalist organisation founded in 1905 by Shyamji Krishna Varma at 65 Cromwell Avenue. The term is also used to describe the building in Highgate where many of the student adhe...

Group, Nationalism, Politics & Administration, India

2 memorials
Henry Jermyn, Earl of St Albans

Henry Jermyn, Earl of St Albans

Diplomat and courtier.  Favourite of Queen Henrietta Maria (wife of Charles I). Fought on the King's side in the Civil War and after his execution continued to support the Queen and two princes in ...

Person, Politics & Administration, Property

1 memorial