London County Council

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former administrative body local government authority principal local government body

London County Council was the principal local government body for the County of London from 1889 to 1965, responsible for major public services, planning, and administration across the capital.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
London County Council canonical 19
London County Council (from 1889) 1
London County Council Architects Department 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former administrative body ⓘ
local government authority ⓘ
principal local government body ⓘ
appliesTo County of London ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
createdBy Local Government Act 1888 ⓘ
dissolved 1965 ⓘ
electoralSystem first-past-the-post voting ⓘ
endTime 1965 ⓘ
executiveBody London County Council committees ⓘ
governmentType upper-tier local authority ⓘ
governs London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
headquartersLocation County Hall ⓘ
surface form: County Hall, London
inception 1889 ⓘ
jurisdiction County of London ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
legislatedBy Local Government Act 1888 ⓘ
legislativeBody London County Council self-link ⓘ
locatedIn London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
notableWork construction of the South Bank complex ⓘ
development of council housing in London ⓘ
expansion of London’s education system ⓘ
numberOfMembers over 100 councillors ⓘ
operatedInPeriod early 20th century ⓘ
late 19th century ⓘ
mid 20th century ⓘ
precededBy Metropolitan Board of Works ⓘ
regionServed England ⓘ
reorganizedBy London Government Act 1963 ⓘ
replacedBy Greater London Council ⓘ
Greater London system of government ⓘ
London borough councils ⓘ
responsibleFor bridges ⓘ
education ⓘ
fire services ⓘ
housing ⓘ
libraries ⓘ
parks ⓘ
public health ⓘ
public housing estates ⓘ
public transport planning ⓘ
roads ⓘ
slum clearance ⓘ
town planning ⓘ
seat County Hall ⓘ
significance first directly elected London-wide local authority ⓘ
major influence on modern London’s urban development ⓘ
startTime 1889 ⓘ
subdivision metropolitan boroughs of London ⓘ

Referenced by (22)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

County Hall → owner → London County Council ⓘ
Local Government Act 1888 → created → London County Council ⓘ
Greater London Council → replaced → London County Council ⓘ
Woolwich ferry → previousOperator → London County Council ⓘ
subject surface form: Woolwich Ferry
Leader of the London County Council → partOf → London County Council ⓘ
Leader of the London County Council → headOfGovernment → London County Council ⓘ
Leader of the London County Council → legislativeBodySupported → London County Council ⓘ
Leader of the London County Council → governingBody → London County Council ⓘ
1934 British Empire Games → hostedBy → London County Council ⓘ
Sidney Webb → memberOf → London County Council ⓘ
Graham Wallas → employer → London County Council ⓘ
Ossulston Estate → developer → London County Council ⓘ
Ossulston Estate → planningAuthority → London County Council ⓘ
Victorian London → governedBy → London County Council ⓘ
this entity surface form: London County Council (from 1889)
Royal Festival Hall → client → London County Council ⓘ
London County Council → legislativeBody → London County Council self-link ⓘ
Edward Johnston → employer → London County Council ⓘ
Greenwich Foot Tunnel → openedBy → London County Council ⓘ
Fred Copeman → employer → London County Council ⓘ
Alison and Peter Smithson → employer → London County Council ⓘ
this entity surface form: London County Council Architects Department
County of London → legislativeBody → London County Council ⓘ
Ralph Tubbs → employer → London County Council ⓘ
this entity surface form: London County Council Architects’ Department