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.

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.

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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 "...

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Avondale Park

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

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Beechwood - William Sebright

Beechwood House This building was built in 1948 by the London County Council ...

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

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Adam, Hood, Galsworthy, Barrie, etc.

Robert Adam, Thomas Hood, John Galsworthy, Sir James Barrie and other eminent...

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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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Sir William Molesworth, 8th Baronet

Sir William Molesworth, 8th Baronet

MP, Secretary of State for the Colonies 1855.  Born Upper Brook Street. 1835 financed the launch of publication, the London Review and its merger with the Westminster Review. Co-founder of the Refo...

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Gustav Landauer

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.

Person, Politics & Administration, Tragedy, Germany

1 memorial
C. L. R. James

C. L. R. James

Trinidadian historian, journalist, socialist and political activist. A pioneering and influential voice in postcolonial literature. Born Cyril Lionel Robert James in Trinidad. An early athlete and ...

Person, Literature, Politics & Administration, Race Issues, Sport / Games, Caribbean Islands

1 memorial
Salt Office

Salt Office

British History Online explains "The salt tax, which was unknown in England until 1694, was enforced during the greater part of the eighteenth century. The tax was repealed in 1730, but was reimpos...

Group, Food & Drink, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Douglas Alfred Barber

Douglas Alfred Barber

Church warden of St Mary Aldermary, 1989 - 2000. Andrew Behan has kindly provided the following research: Douglas Alfred Barber was born on 31 March 1928 in Romford, Essex, the youngest of the thr...

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial

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Sayes Court

Sayes Court

Leased by John Evelyn from Charles II in 1663 and trashed by Peter the Great in 1698.  The picture source gives a full history of the house which was badly damaged in WW2 and demolished in 1947.  T...

Building, Gardens / Agriculture, Property

1 memorial
Leading Seaman W. Bass

Leading Seaman W. Bass

Member of Eton Manor Boys Club who died in WW1 on active service.

Person

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Comic Heritage

Comic Heritage

Merged with the Heritage Foundation.

Group, Cinema, History, Humour, Theatre, TV & Radio

29 memorials