Recorded plaques and birthplaces, A to Z
Showing 1–60 of 1,688 records (3.6% of this list). The location is where the plaque or birthplace is recorded, not a claim about someone’s later home.
11 Priory Row black plaque — Coventry, EnglandCommemorative plaqueThis black commemorative plaque records: 11 Priory Row. Early 19th Century town house with fine brick front and stone…
12 Felstead Road and John James Figgures blue plaque — City of Bristol, EnglandBlue plaqueThis blue commemorative plaque records: Number 12 Felstead Road. Built singlehandedly John James Figgures b. 21st…- 12 Hanover Street and Edmund Kirby blue plaque — Liverpool, EnglandBlue plaqueThis blue commemorative plaque records: 12 Hanover Street Grade II Listed Building Designed by Liverpool architect…
- 16 Spon Street wood plaque — Coventry, EnglandCommemorative plaqueThis wood commemorative plaque records: This building previously 142-3 on the north side of Spon Street beyond the…
- 163-164 Spon Street wood plaque — Coventry, EnglandCommemorative plaqueThis wood commemorative plaque records: This is one of the very few surviving three-storey jettied buildings of…
- 16th Infantry Regiment black plaque — Dorset, EnglandCommemorative plaqueThis black commemorative plaque records: 16th Infantry Regiment United States Army From November 1943 to May 1944, the…
2nd Battalion of the Essex Regiment blue plaque — New Forest, EnglandBlue plaqueThis blue commemorative plaque records: From this river, on the 3rd June 1944, sailed the 2nd Battalion of the Essex…- 3 St. John Hill, Shrewsbury brushed metal plaque — Shropshire, EnglandCommemorative plaqueThis brushed metal commemorative plaque records: ? tone wall of No. John's Hill exposed to ? repairs to the end wall in…
36 Hamilton Street grey plaque — Wirral, EnglandCommemorative plaqueThis grey commemorative plaque records: The Copperfield Project This plaque is to mark the completion of the…
38 Flowergate blue plaque — North Yorkshire, EnglandBlue plaqueThis blue commemorative plaque records: 38 Flowergate This Grade I listed building was originally constructed in the…- 9 Spon Street wood plaque — Coventry, EnglandCommemorative plaqueThis wood commemorative plaque records: This building dating from the 15th century, was formerly 7 Much Park Street. It…
- A B Row stone plaque — Birmingham, EnglandCommemorative plaqueThis stone commemorative plaque records: In 1764 this stone marked the boundary between the parishes of Aston and…
Abbey Bridge, Tavistock black plaque — West Devon, EnglandCommemorative plaqueThis black commemorative plaque records: Abbey Bridge A mediaeval bridge here served Tavistock Abbey It was replaced in…
Abbey Gateway, Chester blue plaque — Cheshire West and Chester, EnglandBlue plaqueThis blue commemorative plaque records: Abbey Gateway. This 14th Century vaulted gateway was the main entrance to the…
Abbey Lawn Cottages white plaque — Tewkesbury, EnglandCommemorative plaqueThis white commemorative plaque records: The Abbey Lawn Cottages. Dating from 1410, these timber-framed houses were a…
Abbey Square, Chester and John Bridgeman blue plaque — Cheshire West and Chester, EnglandBlue plaqueThis blue commemorative plaque records: Abbey Square. This elegant square was built in the mid 18th Century on the site…
Abbot's Hospital blue plaque — Guildford, EnglandBlue plaqueThis blue commemorative plaque records: Abbot's Hospital. George Abbot was born in Guildford in 1562, the son of a…
Abbotskerswell Cottage Art School and John Phillips black plaque — Teignbridge, EnglandCommemorative plaqueThis black commemorative plaque records: Abbotskerswell Cottage Art School was founded in this cottage c1883 by owner…- Aberdeen Steam Navigation Company black plaque — Aberdeen City, ScotlandCommemorative plaqueThis black commemorative plaque records: The Aberdeen Steam Navigation Company Founded c. 1821 by a group of Aberdeen…
- Abingdon Post Office and The Narrows, Abingdon black plaque — Vale of White Horse, EnglandCommemorative plaqueThis black commemorative plaque records: The Narrows Free House These licensed premises are in that part of High Street…
- Abraham Lincoln bronze plaque — Manchester, EnglandCommemorative plaqueThis bronze commemorative plaque records: The Lancashire cotton famine 1861 - 1865 Free Trade Hall public meeting 30th…
- Ada Jane Summers blue plaque — Tameside, EnglandBlue plaqueThis blue commemorative plaque records: Ada Jane Summers MBE, JP (1861-1944) First woman councillor in Tameside and…
Ada Lovelace and Anne Isabella Milbanke blue plaque — East Devon, EnglandBlue plaqueThis blue commemorative plaque records: Byron Court. Lord Byron married Anne Isabella Milbanke in 1815. Lady Byron and…- Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen, Frederick Augustus II, And The Cross Keys, Milnthorpe black plaque — Westmorland and Furness, EnglandCommemorative plaqueThis black commemorative plaque records: The Cross Keys Milnthorpe. Dating from the sixteenth century, the inn was…
Aethelflaed and Castlerock Shipyard blue plaque — Halton, EnglandBlue plaqueThis blue commemorative plaque records: Castlerock Shipyard. Named after the 'castle' built by Saxon Princess…
African slaves black plaque — City of Bristol, EnglandCommemorative plaqueThis black commemorative plaque records: In memory of the countless African men, women and children whose enslavement…
Agnes Logan Stewart blue plaque — Leeds, EnglandBlue plaqueThis blue commemorative plaque records: Agnes Logan Stewart. Between 1872-1880 this religious educational and social…
Alan Hardy bronze plaque — Ashford, EnglandCommemorative plaqueThis bronze commemorative plaque records: This house was the last family home of Alan Hardy. He was a Second Lieutenant…- Alan Turing, The Bombe, Gordon Welchman, Tommy Flowers, And 3 others — City of Milton Keynes, EnglandCommemorative plaqueThis brown commemorative plaque records: IEEE Milestone in Electrical Engineering and Computing Code-breaking at…
- Alban brass plaque — Worcester, EnglandCommemorative plaqueThis brass commemorative plaque records: Saint Alban's Church may have originated in Roman times, although there is no…
- Alban Thomas Jones Gwynne black plaque — Ceredigion, WalesCommemorative plaqueThis black commemorative plaque records: "As a memorial of goodwill to his fellow creatures as an encouragement to the…
Albert Alexander blue plaque — West Berkshire, EnglandBlue plaqueThis blue commemorative plaque records: From 1885 to 2004, this was the site of the Newbury District Hospital. It…- Albert Edward Cox and Claude Edward Lane Cox black plaque — Westmorland and Furness, EnglandCommemorative plaqueThis black commemorative plaque records: Cox's Corner. This small park was a garden belonging to Dr. Cox who lived on…
Albert Gill gold plaque — Birmingham, EnglandCommemorative plaqueThis gold commemorative plaque records: Sergeant Albert Gill VC. Born in Birmingham. King's Royal Rifle Corps and…
Albert Louis Johanneson blue plaque — Leeds, EnglandBlue plaqueThis blue commemorative plaque records: Albert Louis Johanneson. Born and raised in South Africa, he found a new life…
Aldwark bronze plaque — York, EnglandCommemorative plaqueThis bronze commemorative plaque records: Aldwark. Meaning Old Fortification - probably Roman. Nearby was the site of…- Alec Guinness black plaque — London Borough of Ealing, EnglandCommemorative plaqueThis black commemorative plaque records: History of The Red Lion Known as Stage Six, because of Ealing Studios…
- Alexander Brogden and Church of England School, Grange-over-Sands black plaque — Westmorland and Furness, EnglandCommemorative plaqueThis black commemorative plaque records: The Royal British Legion. The national Church of England School opened in 1864…
- Alexander Pope, Pope's Seat, And Henry Holland white plaque — Dorset, EnglandCommemorative plaqueThis white commemorative plaque records: Pope's Seat The poet Alexander Pope visited Sherborne Castle in 1724 and was…
Alexander Selkirk bronze plaque — Fife, ScotlandCommemorative plaqueThis bronze commemorative plaque records: In memory of Alexander Selkirk mariner. The original of Robinson Crusoe who…
Alexander Simpson bronze plaque — Glasgow City, ScotlandCommemorative plaqueThis bronze commemorative plaque records: Alexander Simpson, 1832-1922 Civil Engineer. Engineer and later Chairman of…
Alfred Cyril Lovesey blue plaque — Herefordshire, EnglandBlue plaqueThis blue commemorative plaque records: Alfred Cyril Lovesey CBE born 15th July 1889, lived near here at 3 Greenfield…- Alfred Joseph Knight brushed metal plaque — Birmingham, EnglandCommemorative plaqueThis brushed metal commemorative plaque records: Sergeant Alfred Joseph Knight VC MBE Born in Birmingham former…
- Alfred Russel Wallace, Charles Darwin, And Henry Walter Bates black plaque — City of Leicester, EnglandCommemorative plaqueThis black commemorative plaque records: This museum was first opened to the public on June 21, 1849. The collection…
Alfred Wainwright green plaque — Westmorland and Furness, EnglandCommemorative plaqueThis green commemorative plaque records: Wainwright's Yard. Alfred Wainwright was born in Blackburn in 1907, becoming…
Alice Martha Bacon blue plaque — Leeds, EnglandBlue plaqueThis blue commemorative plaque records: Alice Martha Bacon. Yorkshire's first woman MP representing Leeds North East…
Alice Martha Bacon blue plaque — Wakefield, EnglandBlue plaqueThis blue commemorative plaque records: Baroness Alice Martha Bacon 1909-1993 CBE PC (1909-1993) Yorkshire's first…- All Saints Church, Dorchester, All Saints, Dorchester, And All Saints, Dorchester white plaque — Dorset, EnglandCommemorative plaqueThis white commemorative plaque records: All Saints Church, Dorchester. A church has stood on this site since the…
- All Saints, North Street green plaque — York, EnglandCommemorative plaqueThis green commemorative plaque records: All Saints North Street The finest of York's many mediaeval churches, its…
Allen Hill, Tony Cass, Graham Davis, And Glucose Sensor blue plaque — Oxford, EnglandBlue plaqueThis blue commemorative plaque records: Glucose Sensor. In this laboratory on 20th July 1982, Allen Hill, Tony Cass and…
Alliott Verdon Roe brass plaque — Elmbridge, EnglandCommemorative plaqueThis brass commemorative plaque records: From this area on various dates in 1907-08 A. Roe made a series of towing…
Alma Bridge, Sidmouth blue plaque — East Devon, EnglandBlue plaqueThis blue commemorative plaque records: Alma Bridge In 1855, Mrs. Cornish, wife of the Lord of the Manor of Salcombe…
Alma Lucy Reville film cell plaque — City of Nottingham, EnglandCommemorative plaqueThis film cell commemorative plaque records: Alma Lucy Reville screenwriter and film editor, wife of Alfred Hitchcock…
Almoner's Hall, Peterborough and William Morton blue plaque — City of Peterborough, EnglandBlue plaqueThis blue commemorative plaque records: The Almoner's Hall was the domestic chamber block and hall of the senior monk…
Almshouses in Wells black plaque — Somerset, EnglandCommemorative plaqueThis black commemorative plaque records: Almshouses in Wells Before the introduction of the welfare state these…
Amelia Earhart blue plaque — Sir Gaerfyrddin / Carmarthenshire, WalesBlue plaqueThis blue commemorative plaque records: Amelia Earhart 1897 - 1937 U fenyw i hedfad dros Fôr yr lwerydd Glaniodd yma yn…
Amelia Opie stone plaque — Norwich, EnglandCommemorative plaqueThis stone commemorative plaque records: Amelia Opie Authoress, Dramatist, Poetess and brilliant Consversationalist.…
Andrew Carnegie and Jedburgh Public Library blue plaque — Scottish Borders, ScotlandBlue plaqueThis blue commemorative plaque records: Jedburgh Public Library. Andrew Carnegie, the Scottish-American philanthropist…
Andrew Lamb white plaque — City of Edinburgh, ScotlandCommemorative plaqueThis white commemorative plaque records: Lamb's House built by Andrew Lamb, merchant, 16th C., saved from demolition…
Andrew Strath black plaque — South Ayrshire, ScotlandCommemorative plaqueThis black commemorative plaque records: In memory of the late Andrew Strath (1836-1868). Professional golfer, winner…
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