Group    From 1900  To 1965

Metropolitan Borough of Chelsea

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It was amalgamated under the London Government Act of 1963, with the Metropolitan Borough of Kensington to form the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.

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This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Metropolitan Borough of Chelsea

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Grove Buildings

Grove Buildings Erected in 1909 by the Council of the Metropolitan Borough of...

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This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Metropolitan Borough of Chelsea

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Chelsea Manor Court

These buildings were erected by the Council of the Metropolitan Borough of Ch...

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Roper's Garden

Parachute mines were used in the early 40s; the end of the war was characteri...

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