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.

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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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Other Subjects

Henry Armriding

Henry Armriding

We have found references to Henry Armriding as a member of the Ealing District Council in 1899, 1908 and 1919. He was Mayor of Ealing 1916-17. Our colleague, Andrew Behan, states that Henry Armrid...

Person, Education, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Thomas Brushfield

Thomas Brushfield

Church warden at Christ Church Spitalfields in 1836. At Wikia we found a Thomas Brushfield who we think must be our man: A businessman and local politician. Born Derbyshire, he moved to London whe...

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Edmund Matthew Shemeld

Edmund Matthew Shemeld

Trustee of the Lambeth Hayles Estate development in 1894. Edmund Matthew Shemeld was born on 18 January 1836 in Woburn, Bedfordshire, the second of the five children of Thomas Shemeld (1806-1864) ...

Person, Commerce, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Captain Henry Penton, MP

Captain Henry Penton, MP

MP for Winchester who gave his name to the Pentonville area of London by building in the late 1700s The Penton Estate.

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Sidly Effendi

Sidly Effendi

Effendi, or Efendi, is merely a title of nobility and the name Sidly may well be just one spelling of the Turkish Ambassador's name. We can't identify him.

Person, Politics & Administration, Turkey

1 memorial

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USAAF - European HQ

USAAF - European HQ

The HQ of the United States Army Air Forces moved from London to Camp Griffiss in Bushy Park and then, following the success of D-Day, to France.

Group, Armed Forces, USA

13 memorials
Tower Place

Tower Place

In an area known as 'The Warren', the Tudor manor house 'Tower Place' along with thirty-one acres of land was bought by the crown for use as ordnance stores.  The house was demolished (all but one ...

Building, Property

2 memorials
Korean War

Korean War

This war, the first UN action against aggression, has not officially ended but a ceasefire has held since 1953.

Event, Armed Forces, Korea

3 memorials
Greenwich Foot Tunnel - war bomb damage repair

Greenwich Foot Tunnel - war bomb damage repair

E14, Greenwich Foot Tunnel, North End

There are identical plaques at each end of the section of the tunnel that was damaged. As far as we know, these are the only memorials un...

3 subjects commemorated, 1 creator