Responsible for managing London's infrastructure, such as roads, sewage, etc. Replaced by the London County Council.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Metropolitan Board of Works
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Great Eastern Street fountain
Pink and grey polished granite, sandstone capital and a ball finial in the fo...
Northern Outfall Sewer - Dace Road
Northern Outfall Sewer, part of London's main drainage system, constructed mi...
Northern Outfall Sewer - River Lea
Metropolitan Board of Works Northern Outfall Sewer Constructed 1862 - 63 John...
Putney New Bridge
So the churchyard must have occupied the ground between the church and the ri...
Other Subjects
Sheriff Pauline Halliday
Pauline Ann Halliday OBE, Sheriff (1999-2000), the first female non-aldermanic Sheriff of the city of London.
1 memorial
Francois Rabelais
Writer and physician. Born France, between 1483 and 1494, but probably November 1494. Became a monk and studied Latin and Greek, then left to study medicine. Died Paris.
Person, Literature, Medicine, Politics & Administration, Religion, France
1 memorial
Sidney Leader Cramer
For many years Chairman of the Fitzroy Park Association. Our colleague Andrew Behan has kindly carried our some research on this man: Sidney Leadercramer was born on 10 May 1912, the son of Israel...
1 memorial
Sir Horace Cutler
Leader of the Greater London Council, 1977 - 1981.
4 memorials
James "Bronterre" O'Brien
Democrat & chartist. Born County Longford, Ireland. Bronterre was initially a pseudonym but he later adopted it as his middle name. A child prodigy, he fell short of his early promise and died ...
Person, Journalism / Publishing, Politics & Administration, Ireland
1 memorial
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Phyllis Pearsall - steel statue
SE16, Brunswick Quay
{On a nearby bench:} Plaque 1:The characters for this Portrait Bench chosen by your community celebrate Sustrans winning a nationwide vo...
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
George Gissing - Wakefield shop
WF1, Westgate, 60
Unveiled to commemorate the 150th anniversary of Gissing's birth.
1 subject commemorated
2 subjects commemorated,
1 creator
Surrey Commercial Docks - relief model
SE16, Stave Hill
In 1985 the William Curtis Ecological Park was returned to the site owner, the London Docklands Development Corporation, who provided thi...
1 subject commemorated,
2 creators
Penny Post
First established in London in 1680 by William Dockwra and his business partner, Robert Murray, operating only within the City of London, the City of Westminter and Southwark. From 1765 similar ser...
6 memorials
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