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
Admiral, Sir R. Goodwin Keats, GCB
Naval officer. Born Hampshire. Governor of Greenwich Hospital, 1821 until his death there. The Greenwich monument has his name spelt 'Keates'; all other sources have 'Keats'.
1 memorial
Hugh Cecil Lowther, fifth Earl of Lonsdale
Sportsman and profligate bon vivant, a life-style enabled through his vast inherited wealth. President of the National Sporting Club. Initiated the boxing prize, the Lonsdale Belt. Founder and firs...
1 memorial
Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord
Born in Paris. During political upheavals in France he was backwards and forwards between London and Paris for the year January 1792-3 when he was expelled from Britain and went to the USA. 1830-4 ...
2 memorials
Mrs R. M. Cohen
Director of Lady Workers' Homes Ltd in 1936. The initials "R. M." are almost certainly her husband's.
1 memorial
Happy Mahlangu
Deputy Commissioner for South Africa in the UK in 1998. Our photo shows Mahangu with his wife in 2013. On the net he is best known for some ill-chosen comments on the democratisation of Swaziland w...
1 memorial
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War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Edward Henry Corbould
Artist. Born into a family of artists either at 70 (St) John Street, now Whitfield Street W1, or 6 Great Coram Street WC1, depending on source. In 1842 Victoria and Albert started buying his works ...
1 memorial
First traffic lights in world
Less than a month after the lights were installed the lamp blew up, seriously injuring the policeman who was operating it. See the IET and the Victorianist for two different takes on the story. 20...
1 memorial
War dead, WW2
1 memorial
Mike Leigh
Writer and director of film and theatre. Born Welwyn, brought up in Salford. Trained at RADA then at East 15 Acting School where he met Alison Steadman, who he married in 1973. Together they mad...
1 memorial
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