Group    From 1965 

Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea

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.

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

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Avondale Park

This park was acquired and laid out by the Vestry of Kensington with financia...

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Dovehouse Green - blue plaques

{Top plaque:} To celebrate the silver jubilee of Elizabeth II 1952-1977 and ...

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This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea

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Abbotsbury Gate

Abbotsbury Gate - Holland Park Made possible by the bequest of the late Miss ...

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Albert Bridge - troops

In 1831 the Broughton Suspension Bridge collapsed as a troop of 74 men marche...

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Arthur Stanley Wint

Arthur Stanley Wint 1920 - 1992, RAF pilot,doctor & diplomat, gold medal ...

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Boy David

Commissioned to create a WW1 memorial to the Machine Gun Corps Derwent Wood p...

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Campden Hill Square

Campden Hill Square was laid out by Joshua Flesher Hanson in 1826. Gates and ...

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Other Subjects

Phillip John Willoughby, JP

Phillip John Willoughby, JP

Commoner on the City Lands & Bridge House Estates Committee, 1994.

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Bromley old town hall - 1863

Bromley old town hall - 1863

Built in 1863 in the centre of Market Square, on the site of the Bromley Market House. This multi-purpose building was funded by Cole-Childs, who had recently bought the local Manor. He was a coal ...

Building, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Gary King

Gary King

2015, we were contacted by one of his friends who confirmed that he was a property developer who died shortly after completing the Clink project. 2020: We wondered whether Martin Gary King, a comp...

Person, Politics & Administration, Property

1 memorial
May Day demonstration in Hyde Park, 1890

May Day demonstration in Hyde Park, 1890

Paste Tense describes why and how the 1st of May became the International Workers' Day, how the first such day, in 1890, was planned in the United Kingdom, and goes on to describe: "The main demons...

Event, Community / Clubs, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
T. Newcomb

T. Newcomb

Co-churchwarden of St. Matthias Church, E1, in 1887.

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial

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Leysian Mission

Leysian Mission

From Wesley's Chapel and from Kay: The Leys School was opened in Cambridge in 1875; just two years after non-Anglicans were admitted to the universities of Oxford and Cambridge. It was intended to...

Group, Religion, Social Welfare

8 memorials
Greta Gynt

Greta Gynt

Actor. Born as Margrethe Woxholt in Oslo, Norway. Was in Britain aged 5 but by age 12 she was back in Oslo performing as a dancer. 1934 she returned to Britain to promote her film career. The IMDB...

Person, Cinema, Norway

1 memorial