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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 within ...
Prague 1 plans to place blue plaques alongside iconic red street signs throughout the district, encompassing most of the medieval heart of the city.
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 historical marker. The term is used in the United Kingdom in two senses.
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- There are over 900 ‘official’ plaques. Over 900 official plaques have been put up by in London by English Heritage and its predecessors since the scheme began in 1866.
- The Oldest Surviving Plaque Goes To... ... the last French Emperor, Napoleon III, whose plaque was installed in 1867. Today, the rule is that to be awarded a plaque, a recipient must have been dead for 20 years, but Napoleon was still ruling France when his went up.
- The First Plaque Was Lost to Demolition. The first blue plaque was awarded to the poet Lord Byron in 1867, but his house in Holles Street, near Cavendish Square, was demolished in 1889.
- Eighteen Houses Have Two Plaques. It’s unusual for houses in London to bear two official plaques, but there are currently 18 cases of double commemorations.
A list of plaques awarded to date can be found below. Recently (as of mid-August 2021) the RSC have listed plaques on their own website. [3] Currently that list omits the 2015 plaque for Robert Angus Smith below, but has the following additional plaques: four awarded later than the two 2016 plaques listed here, an extra 2006 plaque to Perkin ...
SubjectInscriptionLocationYear InstalledBeecham Research LaboratoriesIn 1957 scientists working for Beecham ...The Shop at Strood Green 1 Tynedale Road ...2016 ( 2016)Sir John Cornforth 1917–2013Shell Research Ltd Milstead Laboratory of ...Kent Science Park Broadoak Road ...2016 ( 2016)Sir Edward Frankland KCB 1825–1899Professor of Chemistry. Attended this ...Lancaster Royal Grammar School East Road ...2015 ( 2015)Apprentice apothecary to John Bingham ...1 Market Place Penzance2015 ( 2015)The blue plaque commemorating the building in Paddington where the Cato Street Conspiracy was hatched in 1820. The Scheme Expands. The LCC’s successor, the Greater London Council (GLC), not only broadened the range of people commemorated but covered a wider area.
The blue plaque scheme is a way for remembering the links between famous people and buildings by placing commemorative plaques on the walls. The scheme was started by the Royal Society of Arts in London, and the very first plaques was, in fact, of red terracotta placed on the outside of a former home of Lord Byron (since demolished).
