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London Buses route 9 (Heritage) London Buses route 9 (Heritage) is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, United Kingdom operated only by Routemaster buses. The service is currently contracted to First London and is a short working of the regular route 9.
London Business School London Business School, in London (UK), established in 1965, is an international business school providing postgraduate degrees in finance and management, including MBA (Master of Business Administration) courses, as well as non-degree courses for business executives. It is part of the University of London (which is the School's degree-awarding authority), and is located in central London, beside Regents Park.
London commuter belt The London commuter belt is the metropolitan area surrounding London, England from which it is possible to commute to work in the capital. It is alternatively known as the London metropolitan areaLondon Assembly - London in its Regional Setting (PDF) or the Southeast metropolitan area.
London Central Mosque The London Central Mosque is a large mosque located near the Baker Street Underground station and Regent's Park in the London Borough of Westminster, central north London, England. It was designed by Sir Frederick Gibberd, completed in 1978, and has a prominent golden dome.
London Centre London Centre was an Ontario provincial electoral district in the 1985, 1987 and 1995 Ontario elections, and possibly other elections as well. Little is known about this district, though it was former Premier David Peterson's riding.
London Centre for Nanotechnology The London Centre for Nanotechnology (LCN) is a joint venture between University College London (UCL) and Imperial College London. A brand new 8-storey building was built on the UCL campus (at a cost of ÂŁ25 million), and the LCN was officially opened on 7 November 2006.
London Circuit, Canberra London Circuit is a road in Canberra, Australia, which surrounds City Hill in Civic, the city centre. It has a hexagonal shape, and intersects with several main roads such as Northbourne Avenue, Edinburgh Avenue, Akuna Street, Constitution Avenue and Commonwealth Avenue.
London Classical Players The London Classical Players (LCP) was a British orchestra that specialized in music following historically informed performance (HIP) practices and orchestral performances on period musical instruments. Sir Roger Norrington founded the LCP in 1978.
London Climate Change Agency The London Climate Change Agency Limited (LCCA), a municipal company owned by the London Development Agency (LDA) that works in partnership with private sector companies (notably EDF Energy) to design, finance, construct, own and operate decentralised low energy and zero-carbon projects for London, as well as providing services to others. It operates in the areas of energy, water, waste and transport.
London Co-operative Society The London Co-operative Society was a co-operative society in the United Kingdom formed in September 1920 by the amalgamation of the Stratford Co-operative Society and the Edmonton Co-operative Society, two of the largest societies in the London Metropolitan area. In 1921, the LCS was also joined by the West London Society, the Kingston Society and the Co-operative Brotherhood Trust.
London College of Communication The London College of Communication (formerly the London College of Printing, and briefly London College of Printing and Distributive Trades) is one of the six constituent colleges of the University of the Arts London. It is located in the Elephant and Castle in South London but used to be based in Clerkenwell.
London College of Music The London College of Music was founded in 1887 and existed as an independent music conservatoire based at Great Marlborough Street in central London until 1991, when it moved to Ealing in west London to become part of the newly-formed Thames Valley University. In 1996 it was renamed the London College of Music and Media (LCMM) in order to reflect a diversification into areas such as music technology, radio, journalism, and creative and digital arts.
London Company The London Company (also called the Charter of the Virginia Company of London) was an English joint stock company established by royal charter by James I on April 10 1606 with the purpose of establishing colonial settlements in North America. It was one of two such companies, along with the Plymouth Company, that was granted an identical charter as part of the Virginia Company.
London Conference of 1866 The London Conference was held in the United Kingdom in December 1866 and was the final in a series of conferences that led to Canadian confederation in 1867. Delegates from the Province of Canada, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick met with officials of the British government to draft the British North America Act.
London Consortium The London Consortium is a multidisciplinary Masters and Doctoral program in the humanities and cultural studies at the University of London. It is administered by Birkbeck, University of London, and is comprised of Birkbeck, the Architectural Association, Institute of Contemporary Arts, and the Tate Gallery.
London Controlling Section The London Controlling Section (LCS) was established in June of 1942 within the Joint Planning Staff at the offices of the War Cabinet, which was presided over by Winston Churchill as Prime Minister. The American counterpart of the LCS was the Joint Security Control, under the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
London Convention (1884) The London Convention was a treaty made in 1884 between the United Kingdom, as the paramount power in South Africa, and the South African Republic (otherwise known as the Transvaal). The London Convention superseded the 1881 Pretoria Convention.
London Councils London Councils is the local government association for London, bringing together representatives of the 32 London Boroughs and the Corporation of London. In October 2006 it changed its name from the Association of London Government ('ALG') in order to refocus its role and avoid confusion with the Greater London Authority (GLA) and the Local Government Association (LGA).
London Country Bus Services London Country Bus Services Ltd was set up in 1968, when London Transport's (LT) green buses were transferred to the National Bus Company (NBC), at the same time London Transport's red buses passed from the London Transport Board to the Greater London Council. LCBS's territory was likened to the shape of a Polo mint, circling London.
London Country South West London Country Bus Services was formed in 1968 when the Greater London Council took control of London's buses and the the country area was made as a separate bus company controlled and owned by the National Bus Company. It soon took on the mantle of a provincial company and lost its London heritage.
London County Council London County Council (LCC) was the principal local government body for the County of London, throughout its 1889-1965 existence, and the first London-wide general municipal authority to be directly elected. It covered the area today known as Inner London and was replaced by the Greater London Council.
London County Council Tramways The London County Council Tramways was an extensive network of public street tramways that was operated by the council throughout the County of London from 1899 to 1933, when they were taken over by the London Passenger Transport Board.
London Court of International Arbitration The London Court of International Arbitration (which now goes by the name of its acronym LCIA) is generally regarded as the world's second or third leading institution providing the service of international arbitration, after the ICC (International Chamber of Commerce) and the ICDR (International Centre for Dispute Resolution, the international branch of the American Arbitration Association).
London Cricket Club The original London Cricket Club was formed by 1722 and was one of the foremost clubs in English cricket over the next four decades. It is closely associated with the Artillery Ground, where it played most of its home matches.
London Critics' Circle Theatre Awards The London Critics' Circle Theatre Awards ("Drama Theatre Awards" until 1990) are presented annually for achievements in London Theatre. The winners are selected by vote by newspaper and magazine theatre critics.
London derbies The term London Derbies refers to the various football local derbies between the teams in London. It specifically refers to individual matches between the teams, but can also be used to describe the general ongoing rivalry between the clubs and fans.
London devolution referendum, 1998 The London referendum of 1998 was a referendum held in the Greater London area on Thursday, May 7, 1998 asking whether there was support for the creation of the Greater London Authority, consisting of a directly elected Mayor of London and a separately elected London Assembly. Unlike the referendum in Scotland, there was no proposal for the assembly to have legislative or tax varying powers.
London Decca London Decca is a manufacturer of phonograph tonearms and pick-up cartridges. The London Decca cartridges may be unique in that they do not employ a "proper" cantilever, neither are they "moving magnet" (MM) nor "moving coil" (MC) designs.
London Declaration concerning the Laws of Naval War The London Declaration concerning the Laws of Naval War is an international code of maritime law, especially as it relates to wartime activities, proposed in 1909 at the London Naval Conference by the leading European naval powers, as well as the United States and Japan, after a multinational conference that occurred in 1908 in London. Although it dealt with many controversial points, including blockades, contraband and prize, it largely reiterated existing law, although it showed greater regard to the rights of neutral entities.
London Design Festival The London Design Festival was established in 2003 as an annual event to celebrate and promote London and the UK’s design creativity. It is an umbrella brand that brings together a diverse and unique group of partner organisations from across a range of sectors to stage London's biggest annual design event.
London Devils The London Devils are an English Ice Hockey Association registered recreational ice–hockey club based in London, England. They were formed in 1991 when founding members Peter Duncan and Rod Olukoya decided to make the change from recreational skating to ice hockey.
London Dial-a-Ride London Dial-a-Ride is an arm of Transport for London (TfL) that provides multi-occupancy door to door transport service for people with a permanent or long term disability or health problem who are unable, or virtually unable to use conventional public transport.
London District (British Army) London District is the name given by the British Army to the area of operations encompassing the Greater London area. It was formed in 1905 as an independent district within the larger command structure of the army, and has remained so ever since (though for budgetary reasons it is now subordinate to 4th Division).
London District Catholic School Board The London District Catholic School Board (LDCSB) is a separate school board in south-western Ontario, Canada. It serves students from Elgin, Middlesex and Oxford counties, and also those from the cities of London, St.
London Dock Strike of 1889 The London Dock Strike was an industrial dispute involving dock workers in the Port of London. It resulted in a victory for the strikers and established strong trade unions amongst London dockers, one of which became a nationally-important Union.
London Docklands Docklands is the semi-official name for an area in the east of London, England, comprising parts of several boroughs (Southwark, Tower Hamlets, Newham and Greenwich) in Greater London. The eponymous docks were formerly part of the Port of London, at one time the world's largest port.
London Docklands Development Corporation The London Docklands Development Corporation (LDDC) was a quango agency set up by the UK Government in 1981 to regenerate the depressed Docklands area of east London. During its 18 year existence it was responsible for regenerating an area of 8.
London Drugs London Drugs is a large chain of Canadian stores that sell everything from personal care products to computers. It currently operates 64 stores across the four western provinces of Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba and Saskatchewan.
London Dungeon The London Dungeon is a tourist attraction, based in Tooley Street, London, near London Bridge rail station. It recreates various gory and macabre historical events in a style which attempts to make them appealing to the younger generation.
London EC1 London EC1 is the London postal district covering the area of central London around Clerkenwell, Finsbury, and the Barbican Estate. It roughly covers the north western corner of the City of London from St Paul's Cathedral and the entire length of Old Street.
London EC3 London EC3 is the London postal district covering the area of central London on the north bank of the River Thames between London Bridge and Tower Bridge, and roughly following the border between the City of London and Tower Hamlets. The district includes Monument, Aldgate, Fenchurch Street, and Tower Hill.
London EC4 London EC4 is the London postal district covering the area of central London on the north bank of the River Thames. It roughly covers the western corner of the City of London, between The City of Westminster and London Bridge.
London Electricity Board The London Electricity Board was the public sector utility company responsible for electricity generation and electrical infrastructure maintenance prior to 1990. It was shortened to LEB in its green and blue logo, consisting of the three letters.
London Executive Aviation London Executive Aviation is an airline based in London, United Kingdom. It operates business and executive charter services, as well as air ambulance, air freight and aerial photography services London Executive Aviation website retrieved 17 December 2006.
London Eye The British Airways London Eye, also known as the Millennium Wheel, opened in 1999 and is the largest observation wheel in the world. It stands 135 metres (443 feet) high on the western end of Jubilee Gardens, on the South Bank of the River Thames in Lambeth, London, England, between Westminster and Hungerford Bridges (Coordinates: ).
London farmers' markets The London Farmers' Markets company was started by Nina Planck in 1999 and the first market was launched in Islington in June of the same year. The definition of farmers' market is taken very strictly in these markets: all produce on sale must be grown or made by the producer, and those involved in making the produce must attend the market.
London field Inside a superconductor, the valence electrons are free to move -- so free, in fact, that in the aggregate they behave like a superfluid, not subject to friction. As a consequence, during rotation of the superconductor around an axis of symmetry, the electrons stay still while the positively charged atoms move.
London Falling London Falling is a strip in 2000 AD, created by comic book writer Simon Spurrier and Lee Garbett the artist. It is based on bogeymen from English folklore and mythology wreaking havoc in a modern day setting.
London Festival Orchestra The London Festival Orchestra is a well-known British orchestra. It was established in the 1950s as house orchestra for Decca Records, and incorporated as an independent performing orchestra in 1980 under Ross Pople.
London Film Academy Founded in 2002, the London Film Academy is a non-profit making trust situated in Fulham, West London. LFA is an exciting and innovative venture in practical film training based in the hub of one of the world’s leading film capitals.
London Film Festival The Times BFI London Film Festival is the UK's largest public film event, screening 300 films from 60 countries. The festival, the LFF, currently in its 50th year, is held every year by the British Film Institute and currently sponsored by The Times newspaper.
London Films London Films was a British film production company founded in 1932 by Alexander Korda and based at London Film Studios in Denham, Buckinghamshire, England. The company's productions included The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933), Things to Come (1936), Rembrandt (1936), The Four Feathers (1939), The Thief of Bagdad (1940) and The Third Man (1949).
London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority The London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority (LFEPA) is a functional body of the Greater London Authority (GLA) and was established under the Greater London Authority Act 1999. Its principal purpose is to run the London Fire Brigade.
London Fire Brigade The London Fire Brigade or LFB is the statutory fire and rescue service, or FRS for London, England. It is run by the London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority and is the third-largest fire service in the world with nearly 7000 staff of which 5800 are operational firefighters and officers.
London Fog (nightclub) The London Fog was a 1960s nightclub located on the Sunset Strip in what was then unincorporated Los Angeles County, California (now in the city of West Hollywood). It is most notable for being the venue where The Doors had their first regular gigs for four months in early 1966 before becoming the house band at the Whisky a Go Go.
London Freight Plan The London Freight Plan (LFP) consultation document was produced by Transport for London (TfL) and the London Sustainable Distribution Partnership (LSDP). The LFP supports the sustainable development of London and complements the freight proposals set out in the Mayor's Transport Strategy.
London greenways Many green routes have been planned in London which come within the international definition of a greenway but most of them come under other designations in London. The exception is The Greenway in North East London.
London Gazette The London Gazette is one of the official journals of record of the United Kingdom, and the most important among such official journals in the UK, in which certain statutory notices are required to be published. The London Gazette is the oldest surviving English newspaper and the oldest continuously-published newspaper in the United Kingdom, having been first published on 7 November 1665.
London General London General is both a modern bus operating company and, as the London General Omnibus Company or LGOC, a very significant name in the history of transport of London, England. It is now owned by the Go-Ahead Group and operates buses under contract to London Buses.
London Gliding Club The London Gliding Club was formed shortly after the formation of the British Gliding Association on February 20 1930. When the club started using Ivinghoe Beacon as a launch site for its gliders, the spectacle attracted so much public attention that the club were evicted for "spoiling it's peaceful enjoyment by the public".
London Grid for Learning The London Grid for Learning provides a filtered broadband connection, network services, a common learning platform, online content and support communities for all schools across London. It operates as a consortium of 33 Local Education Authorities.
London Group London Group is an art society based in London, England founded in 1915 when the vorticists came together to encourage and support young avant-garde artists to exhibit their work. Members of the group include, Walter Sickert, Vanessa Bell, Paula Rego and Paul Nash.
London Hydraulic Power Company The London Hydraulic Power Company was set up by an Act of Parliament in 1883 to install a hydraulic power network of high-pressure cast iron water mains under London. It was the successor to the Steam Wharf and Warehouse Company, founded in 1871 by Edward B Ellington.
London Chamber of Commerce & Industry The London Chamber of Commerce & Industry (LCCI) was established on 25 July 1881 at Mansion House in the City of London with 130 members. The London Chamber represented the London Metropolis and not just for the City of London.
London Charter of the International Military Tribunal The London Charter of the International Military Tribunal (usually referred to simply as the London Charter or Nuremberg Charter) was the decree issued on August 8, 1945, that set down the laws and procedures by which the Nuremberg trials were to be conducted.
London Charterhouse The London Charterhouse is a former Carthusian monastery in London, England, to the north of what is now Charterhouse Square. The building is formally known as Sutton's Hospital in Charterhouse, and is a registered charity.
London Chronicle The London Chronicle was an early family newspaper of Georgian London. It appeared three times a week and contained world and national news, and coverage of artistic, literary, and theatrical events in the capital.
London in film London has been used as a film location more times than almost any other city in the world. These have ranged from historical recreations of the Victorian London of Charles Dickens and Sherlock Holmes, to the romantic comedies of Bridget Jones's Diary and Notting Hill, by way of crime films, spy thrillers, science fiction and the "swinging London" films of the 1960s.
London Inner Ring Road The London Inner Ring Road is the name commonly given to a route formed from a number major roads that encircle the centremost part of London. The ring road forms the boundary of the London congestion charge zone.
London Interbank Offered Rate London Interbank Offered Rate (or LIBOR, pronounced LIE-bore) is a daily reference rate based on the interest rates at which banks offer to lend unsecured funds to other banks in the London wholesale money market (or interbank market).
London International Hot Air Balloon Festival The London Hot-Air Balloon Festival (London Balloon Festival) is an annual hot-air balloon festival held in London, Ontario. The festival, which was founded in 1983 and originally called the London Balloon Fiesta, takes place in Harris Park at the forks of the Thames River during Simcoe Day (first Monday in August) weekend.
London International Mime Festival The London International Mime Festival is an annual festival of contemporary visual theatre which takes place every January. The next festival takes place from 13-28 January 2007 and it will be the 29th edition.
London International Youth Science Forum The London International Youth Science Forum (LIYSF) is a science enrichment programme for students from all over the globe. The Science Forum each year brings together some 250 students of the sciences, from almost 60 countries in the 5 continents.
London Irish Rifles The London Irish Rifles (LIR) is now known more formally known as "D (London Irish Rifles) Company, London Regiment" and is a volunteer Rifle Regiment with a distinguished history. The London Irish Rifles were originally formed in 1860 during the Victorian Volunteer Movement as the "28th Middlesex (London Irish) Rifle Volunteer Corps".
London Journal James Boswell's London Journal is a published version of the daily journal he kept between the years 1762 and 1763 while in London. Along with many more of his private papers, it was found in the 1920s at Malahide Castle in Ireland, and first published in 1950.
London King's Cross to Cambridge Line The King's Cross to Cambridge Line links King's Cross station in London with Cambridge station in Cambridge. It is an alternative to the West Anglia Main Line, which links Liverpool Street station, also in London to Cambridge.
London lobsters The London lobsters or just "Lobsters" were the name given to the cavalry unit of Sir Arthur Haselrig, a Parliamentarian who fought in the English Civil War. Haselrig was a prominent leader of Parliament's opposition to King Charles, and when the quarrel broke into open warfare he formed the unit, outfitting it with his own money.
London Labour and the London Poor London Labour and the London Poor is an extraordinary work of Victorian journalism by Henry Mayhew. In the 1840s he observed, documented and described the state of working people in London for a series of articles in a newspaper, the Morning Chronicle.
London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival The London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival takes place every Spring in London, England. The 2006 event was the Festival's 20th anniversary, having grown from a small season of nine films in 1987 to a two-week programme of over 200 films.
London Life Insurance Company London Life Insurance Company is a Canadian life insurance company best known for its "Freedom 55" slogan, evocative of saving money to an extent that would allow one to retire at age 55. London Life is a subsidiary of the Great-West Life Assurance Company, which in turn is controlled by Power Financial Corporation.
London Lighting-up Times London Lighting-up Times is the solar information relavent to London, the capital city of the United Kingdom. It relates the sunrise, sunset, transit [when the Sun is due South, the highest point in the sky that the sun will reach that day] and solar elevation information as it can be seen by a viewer standing on sea-level with a clear horizon. This information is almost exactly the same every year, with very minor alterations.
London Lions The London Lions based out of London, England was an independent professional Hockey team that played 72 games during the 1973-74 season against the top European hockey teams. It was started by Detroit Red Wings owner Bruce Norris with a vision of building a league to be affiliated with the National Hockey League.
London Lite London Lite is the trading name of a British free newspaper, published by Associated Newspapers (part of Daily Mail and General Trust). It is available from Monday to Friday each week from Evening Standard vendors and street distributors in Central London only.
London Lords The London Lords were a Canadian football team of the 1950s and 1960s from London, Ontario. The Lords belonged to the Ontario Rugby Football Union, a league that preceded the Canadian Football League and was the first to adopt the Burnside Rules.
London matchgirls strike of 1888 The London matchgirls strike of 1888 was a strike of the women and teenage girls working at the Bryant and May Factory in Bow, London. The strike was prompted by the poor working conditions in the match factory, including fourteen-hour work days, poor pay, excessive fines, and the severe health complications of working with yellow (or white) phosphorus, such as phossy jaw.
London mayoral election, 2004 The latest election to the post of Mayor of London took place on June 10, 2004. It was being held on the same day as other local elections and the UK part of the 2004 European Parliament elections, so Londoners had a total of five votes on three ballot papers.
London Metal Exchange The London Metal Exchange or LME is the futures exchange with the world's largest market in options and futures contracts on base and other metals. As the LME offers contracts with daily expiry dates up to three months from trade date, along with longer dated contracts, it also allows for cash trading.
London Missionary Society The London Missionary Society was a non-denominational missionary society formed in England in 1795 by evangelical Anglicans and Nonconformists, largely Congregationalist in outlook, with missions in the islands of the South Pacific and Africa. It now forms part of the Council for World Mission (CWM).
London Monarchs (baseball) The London Monarchs played in the independent Canadian Baseball League that existed for half of the summer season of 2003 before folding. Located in the city of London, Ontario, the team featured a variety of international ballplayers from Canada, the Dominican Republic, and the United States.
London Mozart Players Founded by Harry Blech in 1949 as the UK’s first chamber orchestra, the London Mozart Players (LMP) is an ensemble of musicians from the UK and abroad. It does live performances and makes CD recordings, particularly of the core Classical repertoire.
London Museum The London Museum was inaugurated on March 21, 1912 by King George V with Queen Mary and Princess Mary and Prince George at Kensington Palace. It opened for public visitation on April 8, admitting more than 13.
London Musicians Collective The London Musicians' Collective (LMC) is a cultural charity based in London, England devoted to the promotion of contemporary, experimental and improvised music. Since its foundation in the 1975, the LMC has organised concerts, festivals, tours, workshops and publications in support of experimental music.
London N13 London N13 is a London postal district that includes the Palmers Green area of North London. For the most part the district is in the London Borough of Enfield with a section falling within the London Borough of Haringey
London N14 London N14 is a North London postal district that includes the Southgate, Oakwood and Osidge areas (parts of Oakwood are in EN2). The first two form parts of the London Borough of Enfield while Osidge is in the London Borough of Barnet.
London N15 N15 is the London postal district for the Seven Sisters area and parts of the South Tottenham and Turnpike Lane areas in the London Borough of Haringey. On its south boundary it also includes small parts of the Stamford Hill area of the London Borough of Hackney
London N16 N16 is the London postal district covering Stoke Newington, Stamford Hill and Shacklewell and part of Dalston in the London Borough of Hackney. On its southern boundary, part of the Newington Green area in the London Borough of Islington is also included.
London N20 London N20 is a London postal district that covers the Totteridge, Whetstone and Oakleigh Park areas of the London Borough of Barnet in North London. (Strictly, the southern part of Totteridge extends into London N12.
London N5 N5 is the London postal district for Highbury in the London Borough of Islington. It is one of the smallest London area post districts and contains Highbury Fields and Highbury Stadium, home since 1913 of Arsenal Football Club.
London Naval Conference There were three major international naval conferences in London, the first in 1908-09, the second in 1930 and the third in 1935. The latter two, together with the Washington Naval Conference in 1921-22 and the Geneva Conferences (1927 and 1932), resulted in agreements between the major powers on navy vessel numbers, armaments and the rules of engagement in the inter-war period.
London Necropolis Company The London Necropolis Company, also London Necropolis & National Mausoleum Company, was set up in 1850, and established by Act of Parliament in 1852. Its purpose was to create a large metropolitan cemetery, big enough to hold all of London's dead forever.

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