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This is a list of the 1016 blue plaques placed by English Heritage and its predecessors in the boroughs of London, the City of Westminster, and the City of London.The scheme includes a small number of plaques that were erected privately and subsequently absorbed.
Edvard Benes blue plaque, 26 Gwendolen Avenue, Putney This list of blue plaques is an annotated list of people or events in the United Kingdom that have been commemorated by blue plaques. The plaques themselves are permanent signs installed in publicly visible locations on buildings to commemorate either a famous person who lived or worked in the building (or site) or an event that occurred ...
An entry in the unofficial 'Behind the Blue Plaques of London' suggests the plaque was still extant in 1994. [179] English Heritage recorded this plaque as missing in 1996 and the decision was made not to replace it. Dovehouse Green was refurbished a second time - to commemorate the Queen's Golden Jubilee - in 2003. [176] John Snow 1813-1858
At inception in 1876 the scheme was originally administered by the Royal Society of Arts, being taken over by the London County Council (LCC) in 1901. The Greater London Council (GLC) took over the scheme in 1965 from its predecessor. Since the abolition of the GLC in 1986, the blue plaque scheme has been administered by English Heritage.
English Heritage blue plaque at 9 Upper Belgrave Street, Belgravia, London, commemorating Poet Laureate Alfred, Lord Tennyson (erected 1994) [1] [2] A blue plaque is a permanent sign installed in a public place in the United Kingdom, and certain other countries and territories, to commemorate a link between that location and a famous person, event, or former building on the site, serving as a ...
This is the third plaque on this house, after a Society of Arts plaque from 1870 and a London County Council plaque from 1952. [19] Tommy Handley (1892–1949) "Radio Comedian lived here" 34 Craven Road Paddington W2 3QA 1980 () 374 : Francis Bret Harte (1836–1902) "American Writer lived and died here" 74 Lancaster Gate Paddington W2 3NH 1977 ()
A resounding thump breaks the silence as Julia Land drops a lump of grey-brown clay onto the slab roller before Ned Heywood cranks it through the machine once, twice, three times, creating a ...
Erected by The Bedford Estate at the suggestion of the London County Council and incorporated into the official London-wide plaque scheme in 1983. Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury (1830–1903) "Prime Minister lived here" 21 Fitzroy Square Fitzrovia W1T 6EL 1965 Sir Arthur Hugh Clough (1819–1861) "Poet lived here 1854–1859"