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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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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Robert Adam, Thomas Hood, John Galsworthy, Sir James Barrie and other eminent...
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.
Architect and politician. Studied architecture at University College London and the Royal Academy Schools, and was made a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects in 1889. Elected to the...
Born Westminster. Earl of Chatham and Prime Minister. Father of William Pitt the Younger. Died Hayes, Kent.Â
United States ambassador to Great Britain 1941-46. Born New York City. Succeeded the pro-appeasement ambassador, Joseph Kennedy, Winant was with Churchill when news arrived of the attack on Pearl H...
Lord Mayor in 1981-2. Â Alderman on the City Lands & Bridge House Estates Committee, 1994. Â A guest on Desert Island Discs in 1982 - at the picture source you can listen to his choices.
Marguerite "Daisy" Parsons was born in Poplar as Marguerite Lena Millo. When she was young her parents moved to Canning Town, part of West Ham. Working in a factory showed her how men and women wer...
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