The borough was formed in 1965 by the merging of the separate former boroughs of Kensington and Chelsea. It was originally planned to call it just Kensington, but Chelsea was added after local protests.
The vestries of Kensington and of Chelsea were precursors to this body.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
This park was acquired and laid out by the Vestry of Kensington with financia...
{Top plaque:} To celebrate the silver jubilee of Elizabeth II 1952-1977 and ...
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Abbotsbury Gate - Holland Park Made possible by the bequest of the late Miss ...
In 1831 the Broughton Suspension Bridge collapsed as a troop of 74 men marche...
Arthur Stanley Wint 1920 - 1992, RAF pilot,doctor & diplomat, gold medal ...
Campden Hill Square was laid out by Joshua Flesher Hanson in 1826. Gates and ...
Politician. He sat as MP for Harrow and then Willesden East, and was renowned for rarely if ever speaking in the house. He was more successful as a property dealer, and in 1913 purchased the whole ...
Haringey Councillors who served since 1965 and have died.
JP and Mayor of West Ham 1951-52. Also a Reverend.
Mayor of Stoke Newington 1950-1 and 1952-3. This photo was taken at a wedding during one of Norvall's terms of mayoralty. The bride and groom (Thomas Watts And Mrs Susan Lawler) are the couple at ...
A Grade II* listed building, designed in 1891 by E. W. Mountford (1855 - 1908) opened in 1893 as Battersea Town Hall. Sculptural work by Horace and Paul Montford. In 1965 Battersea and Wandsworth a...
Born in Coventry. From an acting family her stage career started at age 8. When 17 she retired from the stage to marry artist G.F. Watts, 30 years her senior. Her desire for the stage was greater t...
King Henry VIII got to know Chelsea during his visits to Sir Thomas More and moved to the old manor house in 1510. The house was originally owned by the Bray family who eventually surrendered it to...
Employed at the Silvertown Brunner Mond works and killed in the 1917 Silvertown explosion. The Imperial War Museum has a page with many entries. There is also a page for his wife. In 1904 he marri...
English Heritage (officially the English Heritage Trust) is a charity that manages over 400 historic monuments, buildings and places. These include prehistoric sites, medieval castles, Roman forts,...
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