Author: Clint Curtis

The LDS Church has two temples in England. The London England Temple serves the south of Britain. It was dedicated in 1958 by then-church president David O. McKay. How many Mormons are in London? Membership statistics Country/Dependency/ Territory Membership Stakes England 145,385 36 Northern Ireland 5,297 1 Scotland 26,598 5 Wales 9,491 2 What religion […]

Essentially, a London Borough is an administrative part of London, which has its own “authorities” and manages local activities, such as schools, roads, waste, libraries, etc. The Council tax payments made by residents, contributes to the cost of these things. How are London boroughs divided? Each borough is divided into electoral wards, subject to periodic […]

Under the treaty, the European powers recognised and guaranteed the independence and neutrality of Belgium and established the full independence of the German-speaking part of Luxembourg. Treaty of London (1839) Belgian borders claimed before The Treaty of the XXIV articles. Type Multilateral Treaty Location London, United Kingdom What countries signed London Treaty? The Treaty of […]

Today, the athletes’ village, which hosted more than 10,000 Olympians, has been converted into a neighbourhood replete with shops, bars and restaurants, and which houses around 6,000 Londoners. What do they do with Olympic Village after? Some Olympic villages have been converted to university housing developments, private residences, and shopping plazas. Others, however, have fallen […]

The London Games were the 27th occurrence of the modern Olympic Games. In 2012 London became the first city to host the modern Games three times, having previously been the site of the 1908 and 1948 Olympic Games. What made the Olympics 2012 successful? They were undoubtedly well resourced, but many aspects of the Games […]

During the course of the war, an estimated 63,000,000 people took shelter in London’s tube stations. This graph shows the nightly average and peak numbers of people sheltering overnight in Tube stations and tunnels each month between September 1940 and May 1945. The last night of sheltering was on 6 May 1945. Which Tube station […]

3–4 November – the statue of Nelson is placed atop Nelson’s Column in Trafalgar Square, London. 13 December – Basutoland becomes a British protectorate. December – the world’s first Christmas cards, commissioned by Sir Henry Cole in London from the artist John Callcott Horsley, are sent. What major events happened in 1843? April–June. May 4 […]

London Conference of 1912–1913 Representatives of the Balkan states Date September 1912 – August 1913 Type Conference Motive To arbitrate between the warring powers as to territorial acquisitions, and also to determine the future of Albania Participants Austria-Hungary France Germany United Kingdom Italy Russia Who was present at the London conference? Sixteen delegates from Nova […]

There are 33 local government authorities in London: 32 London boroughs and the City of London Corporation. These local authorities are elected directly by the local communities they serve. What local authorities are in London? Links – Local Authorities The following links are for all local authorities within the area of the Port of London […]