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Group    From 1965 

Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea

Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea

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.

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This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea

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Avondale Park

This park was acquired and laid out by the Vestry of Kensington with financia...

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Dovehouse Green - blue plaques

{Top plaque:} To celebrate the silver jubilee of Elizabeth II 1952-1977 and ...

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This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea

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Abbotsbury Gate

Abbotsbury Gate - Holland Park Made possible by the bequest of the late Miss ...

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Albert Bridge - troops

In 1831 the Broughton Suspension Bridge collapsed as a troop of 74 men marche...

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Arthur Stanley Wint

Arthur Stanley Wint 1920 - 1992, RAF pilot,doctor & diplomat, gold medal ...

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Boy David

Commissioned to create a WW1 memorial to the Machine Gun Corps Derwent Wood p...

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Campden Hill Square

Campden Hill Square was laid out by Joshua Flesher Hanson in 1826. Gates and ...

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Learie Constantine

Learie Constantine

Cricketer and politician. Born Learie Nicholas Constantine at Petit Valley, Diego Martin, near Maraval, Trinidad. As a cricketer, he toured England with the West Indies team in the 1920s and was ev...

Person, Law, Politics & Administration, Sport / Games, Caribbean Islands

2 memorials
Major-General Thomas Harrison

Major-General Thomas Harrison

Executed for regicide.  In the civil war he fought on the side of Parliament against King Charles I. Close to Cromwell, he was elected to the Long Parliament, sat as a judge in the King's trial and...

Person, Armed Forces, Execution, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Efthymios Kjotzas

Efthymios Kjotzas

In 2012 he was the Mayor of Olympia, a town in Greece, close to the archaeological site of the same name.

Person, Politics & Administration, Greece

1 memorial
Thomas Paine

Thomas Paine

Revolutionary. Born Thetford, Norfolk. Emigrated to the British American colonies and took part in the American Revolution. Travelled to France in 1781 and became sufficiently involved in politics ...

Person, Politics & Administration, Seriously Famous, France, USA

2 memorials
Samuel Garcia Asher

Samuel Garcia Asher

Samuel Garcia Asher was born about 1868 in Russell Square, Bloomsbury. His birth was registered in the 1st quarter of 1868 in the St Giles registration district and his parents were Dr Asher Asher ...

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial