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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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Other Subjects

Frederick Lockyear

Frederick Lockyear

Worked for the Royal Arsenal Co-operative Society. Was on the building committee for the Abbey Wood branch in 1912.

Person, Commerce, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Cllr. Ravi Govindia

Cllr. Ravi Govindia

Chairman of the Wandsworth Technical Services Committee 1994. June 2017 the leader of Wandsworth Council.

Person, Politics & Administration

2 memorials
Grimble Vallentin

Grimble Vallentin

A trustee of Lambeth Savings Bank in or after 1903. and father to John Vallentin VC. Born London. Took on his father's profession, distiller, and was Master of the Worshipful Company of Distillers...

Person, Food & Drink, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
William Huskisson

William Huskisson

Huskisson is famous for being the victim of the first fatal railway accident (not quite true), being run over by the train known as Stevenson's Rocket, at the opening ceremony of the Manchester to ...

Person, Politics & Administration, Tragedy

2 memorials
Prince Metternich

Prince Metternich

Politician and statesman. Born Prince Klemens Wenzel Nepomuk Lothar, Fürst Von Metternich-Winneburg-Beilstein in Coblenz. At the age of 28 he was Austrian Minister at Dresden, then Berlin and Paris...

Person, Politics & Administration, Austria, France, Germany

1 memorial