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.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
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...
Mayor of Kensington and Chelsea 1987-8.
Lord Mayor of the City of Westminster. The youngest to be elected, in May 2010. Grandson of Lord Duncan-Sandys and Churchill's great grandson.
Member of the Electric Lighting and Tramways Committee, West Ham, 1905.
First name was Thomas but he did not use it. The first Provost of University College London, 1904–1929. Vice-Chancellor of the University of London from 1928 to 1930.
1894 Hornsey became an urban district and in 1903 a municipal borough. In 1965 Hornsey's area was combined with Tottenham and Wood Green to form the present-day London Borough of Haringey.
Yes, there are two different (but correct) spellings of the name of the borough, even on the same plaque (Harringay / Haringey). Actor J...
De Lank Quarries have a Wikipedia page but Hugh Shearer and Co. are more mysterious. Probably the firm that owned the quarry at the time and/or carved the monument.
Originally the 'Parmiter Street Re-housing Scheme', this development was named The Lenin Estate at a meeting, July 1927, by the then very...
This tree was planted in 1953 the coronation year of Queen Elizabeth II.
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