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A Gateshead blue plaque honouring William Clarke. A long-running blue plaque scheme is in operation in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear.Administered by the local council, the scheme was registered with English Heritage in 1970 [1] and 21 blue plaques were installed from the inception of the scheme until 1996. [2]
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Ashtabula County, Ohio, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in an online map.
Location of Cuyahoga County in Ohio. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Cuyahoga County, Ohio. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided for many ...
With the abolition of the GLC in 1986, administration of the official London-wide blue plaque scheme passed to English Heritage. [1] During the first 150 years of the scheme's operation, it was estimated that just over 100 houses bearing plaques had been demolished [2] [3] including 12 destroyed in the 1939-1945 war. [4]
The first blue plaque to commemorate the life of a child will be unveiled at the house where he died. George Brewster, 11, became trapped in a chimney of a former Victorian pauper asylum in ...
This is a list of National Historic Landmarks in Ohio and other landmarks of equivalent landmark status in the state. The United States' National Historic Landmark (NHL) program is operated under the auspices of the National Park Service, and recognizes structures, districts, objects, and similar resources according to a list of criteria of national significance. [6]
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 ...
Blue plaques are the principal type of historical markers found throughout England and are the closest thing there is to a historical marker system in the UK. An example is the blue plaque scheme run by English Heritage in London, although these were originally erected in a variety of shapes and colors. This has been running for over 140 years ...