Prior to the LCC London matters were run by church parishes. The LCC was the first directly elected strategic local government body for London. Replaced by the Greater London Council, covering a larger area.
In 1901 took over the blue plaque scheme from the Royal Society of Arts. Now run by English Heritage.
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London County Council
Andrew Behan directed us to Coletti where we discovered that the plaque was "...
This park was acquired and laid out by the Vestry of Kensington with financia...
Beechwood House This building was built in 1948 by the London County Council ...
Cobden House This block was built in 1958 by the London County Council and wa...
These grounds, the site of the Foundling Hospital, established in 1739 by Cap...
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London County Council
Albert Chevalier, 1861 - 1923, music hall comedian, was born here. London Cou...
Alice Meynell, 1847 - 1922, poet and essayist, lived here. London County Council
London County Council Andrew Bonar Law, 1858-1923, prime minister lived here.
Andrew Lang, 1844 - 1912, man of letters lived here in 1876 - 1912. London Co...
James Leslie Hicks Eytle was born on 3 August 1922 in British Guiana (now Guyana), the fourth of the seven children of James Alexander Eytle (1882-1956) and Gertrude Caroline Viola Eytle née Hicks ...
Politician and educationalist. Born Richard Burdon Haldane at 17 Charlotte Square, Edinburgh. Entered parliament in 1879. As Secretary of State for War, he founded the Territorial Army and made the...
Eight times Mayor of London, 1274 - 1281 and 1285.
Alderman in the Borough of Hammersmith in 1948. Our colleague Andrew Behan has researched this woman: Mrs Alice Mabel Hallett was born about 1887 and the first record I could find about her was on...
President of USA 1901 - 1909. The Teddy bear was named after him (following a cartoon of a hunting trip he had attended). Franklin D. Roosevelt was a distant cousin. Born and died New York. 2022: ...
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