Group    From 1855  To 1889

Metropolitan Board of Works

Responsible for managing London's infrastructure, such as roads, sewage, etc. Replaced by the London County Council.

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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...

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Northern Outfall Sewer - Dace Road

Northern Outfall Sewer, part of London's main drainage system, constructed mi...

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Northern Outfall Sewer - River Lea

Metropolitan Board of Works Northern Outfall Sewer Constructed 1862 - 63 John...

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Putney New Bridge

So the churchyard must have occupied the ground between the church and the ri...

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Other Subjects

Lawrence Emlyn Douglas Bevan

Lawrence Emlyn Douglas Bevan

Chairman of National Provident Institution in 1959. Andrew Behan has researched this man: Lawrence Emlyn Douglas Bevan C.B.E., was born on 7 January 1903 in Somerville, Fayette County, Tennessee, ...

Person, Politics & Administration, USA

1 memorial
Mrs A. Elboz, Mayor of Stepney, Councillor

Mrs A. Elboz, Mayor of Stepney, Councillor

Our picture shows the Mayor in 1960, shortly before the Clichy plaque was unveiled, doing the honours at another similar ceremony.

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Albert Farr

Albert Farr

Poplar councillor imprisoned during the 1921 rates protest.

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Bernie Grant

Bernie Grant

Politician. Born Bernard Alexander Montgomery Grant in Georgetown, British Guiana (now Guyana). His family emigrated to England in 1963, where he worked as a railway clerk and telephonist before be...

Person, Politics & Administration, Race Issues, South America

1 memorial