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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
This is a list of the blue plaques placed by English Heritage and its predecessors in the boroughs of London, the City of Westminster, and the City of London that are known to have been lost, replaced, or otherwise removed from the official London-wide commemorative plaque scheme. In some cases plaques have been recovered and preserved and, in ...
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]
Blue plaque for Charles Vyner Brooke, the last Rajah of Sarawak. Looking northwards. One of the 1930s apartment blocks in the foreground and the Regency terraces further back. Albion Mews, a mews which runs off Albion Street. Albion Street is a residential street located in Central London in the City of Westminster.
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 ...
8 and 9 Bentinck Street are adjacent grade II listed terraced houses in Bentinck Street, in the City of Westminster, London. Number 8 was completed around 1780, [1] and number 9 in 1780–90. [2] A blue plaque notes the fact that James Smithson, founder of the Smithsonian Institution, once lived at number 9.
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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 ...