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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 ...
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 ...
A blue plaque was erected to commemorate the former residence of Charles Bradlaugh at 29 Turner Street, Limehouse by London County Council in 1961. [32] The street was demolished in the late 1990s to make way for Mile End Park and, since no suitable alternative former residence exists, the plaque has not been rehung. [33] Robert Browning 1812-1889
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. The scheme began in 1866. [1]
This is a complete list of the 192 blue plaques placed by English Heritage and its predecessors in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.. 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.
Liverpool City Council commemorative plaque. Commemorative plaques in Merseyside, England, can be found across the region, highlighting notable people, buildings or historic sites. Many of the plaques are issued by authoritative bodies such as a council or a historical society that has a special interest.
The next two plaques outside the capital will be dedicated to Beatles star George Harrison and 20th century ceramist Clarice Cliff. First official blue plaque outside London honours NHS matron ...
Blue plaque originally erected in 1953 at 28 Bury Street, St James's, demolished in 1962. Plaque re-erected at 85 (formerly 44) George Street, Marylebone, London, W1U 8NH, City of Westminster in 1963. [28] Samuel Morse (1791–1872) "American painter, and inventor of the Morse Code lived here 1812–1815" 141 Cleveland Street Fitzrovia W1T 6QC