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...
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
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...
Worked for the Royal Arsenal Co-operative Society. Was on the building committee for the Bostall Estate in 1900.
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 prot...
Director of the Brilliant Sign Company in 1938.
Colonel Herbert Merton Jessel, 1st Baron Jessel, British soldier and Liberal Unionist, later Conservative politician. A member of the Westminster City Council, he served as the third Mayor of Westm...
Millionaire businessman. Born on 5 January 1944 in Kilcurry, County Louth, Ireland. Owned Corby Castle and Carlisle Airport. He's the one sporting the ermine in the picture. His Wikipedia page...
Person, Benefactor, Politics & Administration, Tragedy, Ireland
Founded in South Hill Park Road by Dr William Heath Strange. Expanded into neighbouring houses and then in 1905 moved into a new building on the site of what is now (2014) the Heath Strange Garden...
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