Recorded plaques and birthplaces, A to Z

Showing 961–1,020 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.

• John bronze plaque — King's Lynn and West Norfolk, EnglandCommemorative plaqueThis bronze commemorative plaque records: Hall of the Guild of the Holy and Undivided Trinity Rebuilt in 1422 on…
• John Brown bronze plaque — Sheffield, EnglandCommemorative plaqueThis bronze commemorative plaque records: John Brown John Brown (1816-1896), one of the greatest of the Victorian…
• John Byrom wood plaque — Manchester, EnglandFamous person's birthplace plaqueThis wood commemorative plaque records: The Old Wellington existed in 1552, when Edward VI was on the throne, in what…
• John Cecil Paget blue plaque — Huntingdonshire, EnglandBlue plaqueThis blue commemorative plaque records: John Cecil Paget Inventor of the yellow oiled skin cycling cape lived here…
• John Chesshyre blue plaque — Halton, EnglandBlue plaqueThis blue commemorative plaque records: Sir John Chesshyre (1662-1738) Sir John Chesshyre was admitted to Gray's Inn in…
• John Clark and Leeds General Cemetery, Leeds blue plaque — Leeds, EnglandBlue plaqueThis blue commemorative plaque records: Leeds General Cemetery. Alarmed by the insanitary and overcrowded state of the…
• John Clayton bronze plaque — Newcastle upon Tyne, EnglandCommemorative plaqueThis bronze commemorative plaque records: Clayton Street. Named after John Clayton (1792-1890), the influential Town…
• John Clifford blue plaque — Broxtowe, EnglandBlue plaqueThis blue commemorative plaque records: Rev Dr John Clifford CH 1836-1923 was baptised and preached his first sermon…
• John Cockcroft blue plaque — Calderdale, EnglandBlue plaqueThis blue commemorative plaque records: Sir John Cockcroft OM KCB CBE FRS 1887-1967 scientist, administrator, pioneer…
• John Cole, Thomas Cole, And Skelton Cole bronze plaque — Sheffield, EnglandCommemorative plaqueThis bronze commemorative plaque records: Coles Corner. John, Thomas and Skelton Cole, described as silk mercers and…
• John Dalton blue plaque — Manchester, EnglandBlue plaqueThis blue commemorative plaque records: John Dalton (1766-1844). John Dalton Street was opened in 1846 by Manchester…
• John Davis blue plaque — South Hams, EnglandBlue plaqueThis blue commemorative plaque records: Born at Sandridge on the Dart, he made three Arctic voyages in 1585/7 to find a…
• John Deakin Heaton blue plaque — Leeds, EnglandBlue plaqueThis blue commemorative plaque records: John Deakin Heaton (1817-80) Eminent physician lived at Claremont, a Georgian…
• John Dixon grey plaque — Rushcliffe, EnglandCommemorative plaqueThis grey commemorative plaque records: These gates were designed and erected to honour the memory of John Auger Dixon…
• John Dobson, John Clayton, Grainger Market, Richard Grainger, And 1 other — Newcastle upon Tyne, EnglandCommemorative plaqueThis bronze commemorative plaque records: Grainger Market. Named after local builder, developer and entrepreneur…
• John Fitzgerald Kennedy brushed metal plaque — Birmingham, EnglandCommemorative plaqueThis brushed metal commemorative plaque records: The original JFK memorial was commissioned at the request of Alderman…
• John Forbes blue plaque — Fife, ScotlandBlue plaqueThis blue commemorative plaque records: The Forbes Marker was kindly donated to Dunfermline Heritage Trust by the…
• John Frederick Cheetham blue plaque — Tameside, EnglandBlue plaqueThis blue commemorative plaque records: The Rt. Hon. John Frederick Cheetham (1835-1916) Born in Stalybridge MP for…
• John Graves Simcoe plaque — Exeter, EnglandCommemorative plaqueThis commemorative plaque records: John Graves Simcoe 1752 – 1806. The first Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada…
• John Green, Benjamin Green, And Tynemouth railway station blue plaque — North Tyneside, EnglandBlue plaqueThis blue commemorative plaque records: First Tynemouth Station. This building was the booking hall and waiting room…
• John Henry Carless bronze plaque — Walsall, EnglandCommemorative plaqueThis bronze commemorative plaque records: John Henry Carless VC Born at Walsall 11th November 1896, killed in action…
• John Hollis Pigot blue plaque — Derby, EnglandBlue plaqueThis blue commemorative plaque records: Dr John Hollis Pigot 1757-1794 Physician who lived in a house on this site. He…
• John Hunter maroon plaque — City of Edinburgh, ScotlandCommemorative plaqueThis maroon commemorative plaque records: Governor John Hunter Governor of New South Wales 1795-1800 Born Leith 29th…
• John Ireland, William Sheafield, John Smeaton, Leeds Grammar School, And 3 others — Leeds, EnglandBlue plaqueThis blue commemorative plaque records: Leeds Grammar School Was founded in 1552 by William Sheafield, chantry priest…
• John Johnson jr, Thomas Johnson, And Sprinch blue plaque — Halton, EnglandBlue plaqueThis blue commemorative plaque records: Old Quay Yard. This area was originally important because of the 'Sprinch', a…
• John Lennon, Stuart Sutcliffe, Bill Harry, Rod Murray, And 1 other — Liverpool, EnglandCommemorative plaqueThis black commemorative plaque records: This plaque commemorates John Lennon's 'other band' (which never played a…
• John Macadam black plaque — Westmorland and Furness, EnglandCommemorative plaqueThis black commemorative plaque records: Church Street Milnthorpe. Church Street led to St Peter's Church in Heversham…
• John Marshall blue plaque — Leeds, EnglandBlue plaqueThis blue commemorative plaque records: Marshall's Mill. Mechanical improvements developed by his employee Matthew…
• John Monsell blue plaque — Guildford, EnglandBlue plaqueThis blue commemorative plaque records: The statue of Alice, her sister and the white rabbit celebrates Guildford's…
• John Mortlock blue plaque — Cambridge, EnglandBlue plaqueThis blue commemorative plaque records: John Mortlock, 1755 - 1816 "Master of the Town of Cambridge" This site was once…
• John Nembhard Hibbert plaque — Buckinghamshire, EnglandCommemorative plaqueThis commemorative plaque records: In 1866 John Nembhard Hibbert of Chalfont Park 'gave a parcel of land containing one…
• John Newton green plaque — Thurrock, EnglandCommemorative plaqueThis green commemorative plaque records: The Rev. John Newton 1725-1807 slave-trade abolitionist (once a slave-trader…
• John Newton, Thomas Scott, William Cowper, Henry Gaitlett, And 1 other — City of Milton Keynes, EnglandCommemorative plaqueThis white commemorative plaque records: Olney Parish Church. Completed in 1325AD, this church is associated with…
• John Palmer, Sarah Siddons, John Philip Kemble, Stephen Kemble, And 10 others — Bath and North East Somerset, EnglandCommemorative plaqueThis bronze commemorative plaque records: This building, erected in 1750, was formerly the Theatre Royal managed by the…
• John Pearsall and John Broom blue plaque — Wyre Forest, EnglandBlue plaqueThis blue commemorative plaque records: Mount Skipet. At the top of these steps is Mount Skipet, the key site in the…
• John Philip Holland and Holland 1 red and black plaque — Gosport, EnglandCommemorative plaqueThis red and black commemorative plaque records: Holland 1 Designer: John Philip Holland Built by Vickers Maxim at…
• John Prescott and Jewellery Line brass plaque — Birmingham, EnglandCommemorative plaqueThis brass commemorative plaque records: To commemorate the opening of the Jewellery Line. Birmingham Snow Hill to…
• John Riley Holt blue plaque — Halton, EnglandBlue plaqueThis blue commemorative plaque records: Professor John Riley Holt FRS (1918-2009) Holt was born in Runcorn, at a time…
• John Ross and Andrew Jameson black plaque — Aberdeen City, ScotlandCommemorative plaqueThis black commemorative plaque records: Provost Ross's House. This house was built in 1594 and is said to be the work…
• John Ross blue plaque — Dumfries and Galloway, ScotlandBlue plaqueThis blue commemorative plaque records: North West Castle. When Admiral Sir John Ross returned to his native…
• John Sage and Annie Sage blue plaque — City of Peterborough, EnglandBlue plaqueThis blue commemorative plaque records: John and Annie Sage lived in Gladstone Street and ran a bakery until deciding…
• John Shillingford, John Bodley, And Thomas Bodley blue plaque — Exeter, EnglandFamous person's birthplace plaqueThis blue commemorative plaque records: Sir Thomas Bodley 1545-161 scholar, diplomat, and founder of the Bodleian…
• John Smeaton and Lendal Tower bronze plaque — York, EnglandCommemorative plaqueThis bronze commemorative plaque records: Lendal Tower. Dating from about 1300, it was originally part of the City's…
• John Turnbull black plaque — South Tyneside, EnglandCommemorative plaqueThis black commemorative plaque records: Lawe Beacons. Erected as navigational aids in 1832 by John Turnbull, at a cost…
• John Vesey bronze plaque — Birmingham, EnglandCommemorative plaqueThis bronze commemorative plaque records: This memorial and garden dedicated to the memory of John Vesey - Bishop of…
• John W. Sutcliffe, Michael Prendergast, And Liverpool Transport Strike white plaque — Liverpool, EnglandCommemorative plaqueThis white commemorative plaque records: 1911 Transport Strike At this site on 15th August 1911 John W. Sutcliffe a…
• John Wesley and Leo Walmsley white plaque — North Yorkshire, EnglandCommemorative plaqueThis white commemorative plaque records: The Old Chapel The date on this former Chapel records the first occasion on…
• John Wesley black plaque — Westmorland and Furness, EnglandCommemorative plaqueThis black commemorative plaque records: Methodist Church John Wesley, who travelled throughout 18th century England…
• John Wesley bronze plaque — Cheshire East, EnglandCommemorative plaqueThis bronze commemorative plaque records: From May 1747 onwards John Wesley on several occasions visited this locality…
• John William Henry Wall, Bristol and District Co-op Movement, And Shakespeare Boot Mart plaque — City of Bristol, EnglandCommemorative plaqueThis commemorative plaque records: John William Henry Wall 1855 - 1915 Novelist and Local Historian, "The Shoemaker…
• John Winchcombe blue plaque — West Berkshire, EnglandBlue plaqueThis blue commemorative plaque records: This building was a small part of the home of John Winchcombe (c.1489-1557)…
• John Wisden and George Parr red plaque — Warwick, EnglandCommemorative plaqueThis red commemorative plaque records: John Wisden (1826-1884) cricketer and almanack publisher. A cricket ground was…
• John Witherspoon red plaque — Renfrewshire, ScotlandCommemorative plaqueThis red commemorative plaque records: Laigh Kirk. Until 1738 when Laigh Kirk was erected Paisley's only church had…
• John Witherspoon, Benjamin Rush, John Morgan, William Shippen, And 2 others — City of Edinburgh, ScotlandCommemorative plaqueThis bronze commemorative plaque records: This plaque commemorates the historical links between the Edinburgh Medical…
• John Wordsworth and Earl of Abergavenny bronze plaque — Dorset, EnglandCommemorative plaqueThis bronze commemorative plaque records: The Earl of Abergavenny was an outward bound East India Company ship which…
• Jonathan Otley slate plaque — Cumberland, EnglandCommemorative plaqueThis slate commemorative plaque records: Jonathan Otley's Steps He lived and worked in rooms up t'steps between 1797…
• Joseph Aloysius Hansom yellow plaque — York, EnglandCommemorative plaqueThis yellow commemorative plaque records: St. George's Roman Catholic Church Foundation Stone laid October 1849 Church…
• Joseph Bede Symonds and Jarrow March black plaque — South Tyneside, EnglandCommemorative plaqueThis black commemorative plaque records: Joseph Symonds OBE. An organiser of the Jarrow Crusade which set off for…
• Joseph Chamberlain brown plaque — Birmingham, EnglandCommemorative plaqueThis brown commemorative plaque records: This Memorial is erected in gratitude for public service given to this town by…
• Joseph Chamberlain, Austen Chamberlain, And Highbury Hall bronze plaque — Birmingham, EnglandCommemorative plaqueThis bronze commemorative plaque records: The Rt Hon Joseph Chamberlain M. Resided In This House From 1880 Until His…

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