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...
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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 in 1925-6. Born Hoxton. Chairman of Pryke & Palmer Ltd, iron and hardware merchants. Member of the governing body of the Irish Society though we could find no immediate Irish heritag...
Church warden of Holy Trinity, Sloane Square in 1889.
A local politician who led the committee that secured Alexandra Palace and its park for the people of London. He was also the first Chairman of the Trustees.
Rev. S. Bickersteth, MA. Committee chairman. Because of the unusual surname, it is almost certain that he was the same Reverend Samuel Bickersteth who had been vicar of Leeds, Lewisham and nearby C...
Our colleague, Andrew Behan, has found someone who is probably our man, Andrew writes: I can find no evidence of an H. Prater in the Croydon area in the 1880's so I believe that the Historic Engla...
Jamaican nurse, heroine of the Crimean War. That's the standard depiction of her but some people, as reported in a Guardian article, feel that Seacole has been promoted to the detriment of Florence...
Rower. Born as Jack Beresford-Wisniewski. He won the Diamond Challenge Sculls at Henley Royal Regatta in 1920, and went on to win gold or silver medals in every summer Olympic Games from 1920 to 19...
English Buildings has a good short intro to Quakers in England and an assessment of an important Quaker building, albeit, not in London. Quakers were active in the WW2 Kindertransport.
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