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 protests.
The vestries of Kensington and of Chelsea were precursors to this body.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
This park was acquired and laid out by the Vestry of Kensington with financia...
{Top plaque:} To celebrate the silver jubilee of Elizabeth II 1952-1977 and ...
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Abbotsbury Gate - Holland Park Made possible by the bequest of the late Miss ...
In 1831 the Broughton Suspension Bridge collapsed as a troop of 74Â men marche...
Arthur Stanley Wint 1920 - 1992, RAF pilot,doctor & diplomat, gold medal ...
Campden Hill Square was laid out by Joshua Flesher Hanson in 1826. Gates and ...
Art historian, author and diplomat. Born Carl Tancred Borenius, in Vyborg, Finland. He was one of the world's leading experts on Italian art of the early Renaissance. He moved to London in 1909, an...
Naval officer. On 15 February 1783 he was court-martialled, along with his officers and crew, on the Warspite in Portsmouth harbour for having lost the ship the Hector. They were all honourably a...
Brother of the lord of Hackney Manor, and manorial steward. His father's surname was Daniel and his mother's Tyssen, which suggests she was the one with the money. Â In the mid-19th century the Tyss...
Born Bermondsey as John Molesworth Thomas Dumphreys. Member of the Commissioners of the 1890 Bermondsey Library. Â Mayor of Bermondsey in 1907. Â A Conservative, he briefly replaced Dr Cooper as MP f...
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