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
Sir Stephen Henry Molyneux Killik
Lord Mayor of London 1934-5. From the Fanmakers: "elected Lord Mayor in 1934 (George V’s Silver Jubilee year), having previously been Master of the Fan Makers in 1917, and Sheriff in 1922; in 1927...
1 memorial
Mrs R. M. Cohen
Director of Lady Workers' Homes Ltd in 1936. The initials "R. M." are almost certainly her husband's.
1 memorial
Robert Bertie, 3rd Earl of Lindsey
Hereditary peer. Member of Parliament for Boston, Lincolnshire from 1661 to 1666. Succeeded to the titles of 3rd Earl of Lindsey, 16th Baron Willoughby de Eresby and Hereditary Lord Great Chamberla...
1 memorial
Councillor Saunders Jacobs
Member of the Electric Lighting and Tramways Committee, West Ham, 1905.
1 memorial
Sir John Wynn
Second baronet. Welsh. Occupied 69 Meard Street, 1755–73.
1 memorial
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Surrey Docks fire
The docks were set on fire in the first raid of the Blitz. Our picture source gives: "... a firestorm in the docks that blazed from end to end for a whole week. ... A third of the warehouses and tr...
1 memorial
Red Bull Playhouse
The inn's owner converted the inn-yard into the theatre. Parliament banned theatres in 1642 but some carried on and the Red Bull was successfully raided in 1649 and in 1655. The 1660 Restoration al...
1 memorial
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
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